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The greatest teacher I know is the job itself.

James Cash Penney

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James Cash Penney
Age: 95 †
Born: 1875
Born: September 16
Died: 1971
Died: February 12
Businessman
Entrepreneur
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Missouri
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The best way to stop a bad habit is never to begin it.
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Exchange ideas frequently.
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There's no better friend to any merchant than a fair competitor.
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The thought in my mind was that I must be a good merchant. If I were a good merchant, the rest would probably take care of itself.
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In setting up a business under the name and meaning of the Golden Rule, I was publicly binding myself, in my business relations, to a principle which had been a real and intimate part of my family upbringing. Our idea was to make money and build business through serving the community with fair dealing and honest value.
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The disciplined are free.
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It is always the start that requires the greatest effort.
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A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.
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Our very living is selling. We are all salespeople.
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Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.
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Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change.
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I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.
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No man can climb the ladder of success without first placing his foot on the bottom rung.
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