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Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change.

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James Cash Penney
Age: 95 †
Born: 1875
Born: September 16
Died: 1971
Died: February 12
Businessman
Entrepreneur
Hamilton
Missouri
Life
Vital
Logical
Improvement
Form
Change

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Honor bespeaks worth Confidence begets trust.
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The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress.
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Do not primarily train men to work. Train them to serve willingly and intelligently.
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The disciplined are free.
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Our very living is selling. We are all salespeople.
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Determine to do some thinking for yourself. Don't live entirely upon the thoughts of others. Don't be an automaton.
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Every great business is built on friendship.
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Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless.
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Selling is our No. 1 job. Never get away from selling a lot of merchandise personally. The more you sell the more you learn
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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 five separate fingers are five independent units. Close them and the fist multiplies strength. This is organization.
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The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business.
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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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