J. Paul Getty Famous Quotations

J. Paul Getty (1892 - 1976) was an American industrialist and founder of the Getty Oil Company. These famous quotes dealing with goals, achievement, and success have been attributed to him.

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.
If you can actually count your money, then you are not really a rich man.
No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or "get rich" in business by being a conformist.
The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips.
To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.