J.P. Morgan Quotes: Insights from a Financial Legend

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

Go as far as you can see. When you get there, you can see further.

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.

The problem is that we often focus on the obstacles that are in our path rather than the goal, the destination, the end result.

Opportunities don’t pop up. They are created.

Chasing perfection may not attainable, but chasing excellence will certainly not go in vain.

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

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

The man who starts out with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed; you must have a larger ambition.

Enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal which takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

Success always comes when preparation meets opportunity.

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.

The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.

Experience is the teacher of all things.

If you can’t convince them, confuse them.

There is only one tactical principle not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Every artist was first an amateur.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.

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

The wisest thing you can do is be the fullest, happiest version of you. And that means some consistent, unabashed self-love.

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

The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.

If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions.

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won?t succeed; you must have a larger ambition.

If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you?re not going to stay where you are. – J.P. Morgan

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

When you expect things to happen – strangely enough – they do happen. – J.P. Morgan

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see further. – J.P. Morgan

The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day. – J.P. Morgan

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

You can’t pick cherries with your back to the tree.- J.P. Morgan

If you have to ask how much it costs, you can’t afford it. – J.P. Morgan

Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer. – J.P. Morgan

A man always has two reasons for what he does?a good one, and the real one. – J.P. Morgan

The banker is the man who with a surplus helps out the man who with a deficit finds himself embarrassed. – J.P. Morgan

You can do anything, but not everything. – J.P. Morgan