J. Paul Getty Quotes

When you look at billionaires, many of them share one characteristic: They were not born billionaires.

I came here with nothing, with maybe a hundred bucks in my pocket and had to get a job. And these wealthy people who had made their money themselves, I worked for. It did show me what could be achieved in America, what's possible if you have some vision to take big risks.

I also learned that I love making money. Anyone who is not afraid of work will be happy with the money they make.

I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow. This never fails.

I will stand up for what I believe and for what I have always believed: Every person has a right to be rich in this country and I want to help them get there.

Rich Americans are more likely to have made their own fortunes than to have inherited them.

Madam Walker was a woman who transformed herself in a very American, rags-to-riches way.

You can get into the greatest business in the world because you can manufacture money by yourself on the field.

We should be encouraging people to earn a lot of money. I do not know one wealthy person who does not spend money - and most of them employ other people.

The best way to make money is not to have money as your primary goal. I've seen great people come into the business world primarily motivated to make money. Almost without exception they failed.

Make a decision to be successful right now. Most people never decide to be wealthy and that is why they retire poor.

The richest people in the world build networks; everyone else is trained to look for work.

Become one of those people who work hard, invest and build, and at the same time create employment and opportunities for others.

I wish it grew on trees, but it takes hard work to make money.

Perhaps my most important goal is to create a million millionaires.

Wealth usually comes from doing what other people find insufferably boring.

I never set money as a goal. It was a result.

At the end of the day, yes, I'm looking to create a lot of wealth.

Let individuals create real wealth, empower them, create something that they can leave for their children.

There are lots of things about millionaires that make them pretty ordinary, but what's not ordinary is their ability to accumulate wealth, how hard they work, and what they do for a living.

It's a great thing when you can show that you've been successful and that you've made a lot of money and that you've employed a lot of people.

You get rich through luck. You get rich through crime. You get rich through fulfilling the needs of another. You can be as greedy as you like. If you can't do one of those three things, you ain't going to get any money.

I wasn't sheltered or spoiled. All the money I made, I made myself.

I've made all my money on my own without my family and I work very hard.

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.