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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
Hamilton
Missouri
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The disciplined are free.
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Men are not great or small because of their material possessions. They are great or small because of what they are.
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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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I was long brought up to think that it was nothing short of a crime to miss a sale.
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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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How can we expect our children to know and experience the joy of giving unless we teach them that the greater pleasure in life lies in the art of giving rather than receiving.
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Our very living is selling. We are all salespeople.
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No business can succeed in any great degree without being properly organized.
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I will have no man work for me who has not the capacity to become a partner.
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Exchange ideas frequently.
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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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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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It is always the start that requires the greatest effort.
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Honor bespeaks worth Confidence begets trust.
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There's no better friend to any merchant than a fair competitor.
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