J. P. Morgan quotes

You are affluent when you buy what you want, do what you wish and don't give a thought to what it costs. (J. P. Morgan)
If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it. View quote
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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. View quote
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Gold is money. Everything else is credit. View quote
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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. View quote
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Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther. View quote
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A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one. View quote
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The first thing [in credit] is character ... before money or anything else. Money cannot buy it.... A man I do not trust could not get money from me on all the bonds in Christendom. I think that is the fundamental basis of business. View quote
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I owe the public nothing. View quote
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It will fluctuate. View quote
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[Credit] is an evidence of banking, but it is not the money itself. Money is gold, and nothing else. (J. P. Morgan)
When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen. View quote
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