J. Paul Getty Quotes, Thoughts and images

A man can fail, but he isn't a failure until he blames someone else.

I'd rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort.

Getting results through people is a skill that cannot be learned in the classroom.

The key to wealth is to learn how to make money while you sleep

In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.

A lasting relationship with a woman is only possible if you are a business failure.

There is only one way to make a great deal of money; and that is in a business of your own.

Money isn't everything but it sure keeps you in touch with your children.

You must take risks, both with your own money or with borrowed money. Risk taking is essential to business growth.

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.

If you look after the pennies, the dollars will look after themselves.

I would rather receive one percent of the income of 100 men, than 100% of the income of one man.

Patience; this is the greatest business asset. Wait for the right time to make your moves.

People who don't respect money don't have any.

In my opinion, an individual without any love of the arts cannot be considered completely civilized.

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.

To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.

No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.

Men of means look at making money as a game which they love to play.

There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.

You must not only learn to live with tension, you must seek it out. You must learn to thrive on stress.

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.

Age doesn't matter, unless you are cheese.

I buy when other people are selling.

If you get up early, work late, and pay your taxes, you will get ahead -- if you strike oil.

Some people find oil. Others don't.

There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them.

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

Wealth is only a benefit of the game of money. If you win, the money will be there.

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.

To build wealth today, you must be in your own business.

There are no safeguards that can protect the emotional investor from himself.