| December 15th is right around the corner and | | | | he deserves." |
| what better way to celebrate the birth of an | | | | 10. "Without the element of uncertainty, the |
| American success story than with some inspiring | | | | bringing off of even, the greatest business |
| J. Paul Getty quotes? He was the ultimate rebel -- | | | | triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently |
| practically disinherited for doing things his father | | | | unsatisfying." |
| didn't like, yet amassing a fortune of billions on his | | | | 11. "The #1 guideline to success is you must be in |
| own. How does someone with such a drive for | | | | business for yourself. When you work for |
| success think? What makes them who they are? | | | | someone else, you sell your time at wholesale to |
| Maybe these 14 J. Paul Getty quotes can give us | | | | your employer, who then re-sells it at retail to the |
| some insight. | | | | customer." |
| 1. "Going to work for a large company is like | | | | 12. "I'd rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men |
| getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an | | | | than 100% of my own effort." |
| hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and | | | | 13. "The individual who wants to reach the top in |
| you're just sitting still?" | | | | business must appreciate the might of the force |
| 2. "If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. | | | | of habit and must understand that practices are |
| If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's | | | | what create habits. He must be quick to break |
| problem." | | | | those habits that can break him and hasten to |
| 3. "To succeed in business, to reach the top, an | | | | adopt those practices that will become the habits |
| individual must know all it is possible to know | | | | that help him achieve the success he desires." |
| about that business." | | | | 14. "The man who comes up with a means for |
| 4. "The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its | | | | doing or producing almost anything better, faster |
| mineral rights." | | | | or more economically has his future and his |
| 5. "A man may fail many times but he isn't a | | | | fortune at his fingertips." |
| failure until he begins to blame somebody else." | | | | It's not often that one gets to glimpse inside the |
| 6. "Money isn't everything but it sure keeps you in | | | | mind of a great man. Through their words and |
| touch with your children." | | | | thoughts, people's quotes allow us to do just that. |
| 7. "Money is like manure. You have to spread it | | | | As we celebrate the greatness of who J. Paul |
| around or it smells." | | | | Getty was, let us remember not just what he |
| 8. "In times of rapid change, experience could be | | | | did, but who he was through these inspiring J. Paul |
| your worst enemy." | | | | Getty quotes. |
| 9. "The employer generally gets the employees | | | | |