J.P. Morgan

"The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are."

"Money is a byproduct of something. It's like love. You cannot say 'I want to make money,' just like you cannot say 'I want to fall in love.'"

"I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite."

"The man who cannot make up his mind to do things when they ought to be done has no use for the laws of success."

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

"The wise man doesn't give the right answer, he poses the right question."

"You can do anything if you have enthusiasm."

"The growth of a nation's productive powers is the basis of all social progress and general prosperity."

"A man is known by the company he keeps."

"Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer."

"The world's foremost problem is not lack of money but lack of character."

"Time is money."

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

"The rich are rich because they are very smart. The poor are poor because they are very dumb."

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

"I have the right to private thoughts."

"The man who tries to make a show of himself, the braggart, will find that there are few who care to listen."

"Great fortunes are made by men who are interested in their business first, and in money afterward."

"The success or failure of an enterprise depends upon the ability of the manager."

"Any man who dies rich dies disgraced."

"The public be damned."

"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do."

"The art of life is in the constant readjustment to our surroundings."

"I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants and pursues it resolutely."

"One cannot accumulate without concentrating."

"The world moves forward on the backs of brave men."

"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."

"The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time."

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."