J. P. Morgan's Quotes

A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.

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.

When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen.

If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it.

A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.

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.