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