J.P. Morgan

I owe the public nothing.

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

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

I can do a tremendous lot of work in a short time if I want to.

I can do a tremendous lot of work in a short time if I want to.

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.

The greatest crime of the age is to be poor.

The greatest crime of the age is to be poor.

I like a little competition. It makes me work harder.

I like a little competition. It makes me work harder.

No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

I am not a money man. I am a banking man.

I am not a money man. I am a banking man.

The trouble with you, Mr. Carnegie, is that you have never been able to get over your Scotch thrift.

The trouble with you, Mr. Carnegie, is that you have never been able to get over your Scotch thrift.

The one thing that I know that I do not know is a fool.

The one thing that I know that I do not know is a fool.

You can't be a first-class man with a third-class mind.