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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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I will have no man work for me who has not the capacity to become a partner.
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Intelligence is the effort to do the best you can at your particular job the quality that gives dignity to that job, whether it happens to be scrubbing a floor or running a corporation.
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I learned that all things come to those who wait-provided they hustle while they wait.
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Success in business does not depend upon genius. Any young man of ordinary intelligence who is normally sound and not afraid to work should succeed in spite of obstacles and handicaps if he plays the game fairly and keeps everlastingly at it.
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No business can succeed in any great degree without being properly organized.
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It was always my practice to train salespeople under my direct supervision, and to treat children with the utmost consideration.
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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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Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.
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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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No man can climb the ladder of success without first placing his foot on the bottom rung.
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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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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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Honor bespeaks worth Confidence begets trust.
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Responsibilities are given to him on whom trust rests. Responsibility is always a sign of trust.
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A store's best advertisement is the service its goods render, for upon such service rest the future, the good-will, of an organization.
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It is always the start that requires the greatest effort.
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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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I believe in trusting men, not only once but twice - in giving a failure another chance.
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The best of merchandise will go back to the shelf unless handled by a conscientious, tactful salesman.
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Do not primarily train men to work. Train them to serve willingly and intelligently.
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