1837-1913, American Banker, Financier, Art Collector
A man always has two reasons for doing anything — a good reason and the real reason.
John Pierpont Morgan – [Reason]
Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.
John Pierpont Morgan – [Possibilities]
If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it.
John Pierpont Morgan – [Price]
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.
John Pierpont Morgan – [Truth]
The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.
John Pierpont Morgan – [Goals]
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.
John Pierpont Morgan – [Planning]
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.
John Pierpont Morgan – [Business]
When you expect things to happen — strangely enough — they do happen.
John Pierpont Morgan – [Expectation]
You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.
John Pierpont Morgan – [Action]