A man always has two reasons for doing anything – a good reason and the real reason.
J P Morgan
Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you´ll be able to see farther.
J P Morgan
Well, I don´t know as I want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell how to do what I want to do.
J P Morgan
The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go.
J P Morgan
Money equals business which equals power, all of which come from character and trust.
J P Morgan
Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of plutocracy.
J P Morgan
I made a fortune getting out to soon.
J P Morgan
If you have to ask how much it costs, you can´t afford it.
J P Morgan
Asked: “Is not commercial credit based primarily upon money or property?” “No Sir,” replied Morgan. “The first thing is character.” “Before money or property?” asks the reporter. ”Before money or anything else. Money cannot buy it. Because a man I do not trust could not get money from me on all the bonds in Christendom.” replied Morgan.
You cannot pick cherries with your back to the tree.
J P Morgan
The first step to getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.
J P Morgan
No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.
J P Morgan
When you expect things to happen – strangely enough – they do happen.
J P Morgan
When the house is on fire good girls have to get out as well as the bad ones.
J P Morgan
Anyone can become a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer.
J P Morgan
Remember, my son, that any man that is a bear on the future of this country will go broke.
J P Morgan
It will fluctuate.
J P Morgan (When asked what the stock market will do)