If you have to ask how much it costs, you can’t afford it.
—J. P. Morgan
Topics: Value
A man always has two reasons for what he does good one, and the real one.
—J. P. Morgan
Topics: Reason, Logic
The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.
—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
Topics: Business
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
Topics: Thinking, Difficulty, Truth
A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.
—J. P. Morgan
Topics: Reason, Hypocrisy
You can’t pick cherries with your back to the tree.
—J. P. Morgan
Topics: Action
Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.
—J. P. Morgan
Topics: Possibilities, Potential
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
Topics: Planning
When you expect things to happen—strangely enough—they do happen.
—J. P. Morgan
Topics: Expectation
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- Henry Ford American Businessperson
- Vincent Price American Actor
- Jack Welch American Businessperson
- Bill Gates American Businessperson
- Michael Bloomberg American Businessperson
- Ted Turner American Businessperson
- W. Clement Stone American Self-help Guru
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