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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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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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A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.
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The best way to stop a bad habit is never to begin it.
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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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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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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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I learned that all things come to those who wait-provided they hustle while they wait.
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The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.
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No business can succeed in any great degree without being properly organized.
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Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change.
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Our very living is selling. We are all salespeople.
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Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless.
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My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.
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I believe in trusting men, not only once but twice - in giving a failure another chance.
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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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The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress.
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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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I will have no man work for me who has not the capacity to become a partner.
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It is always the start that requires the greatest effort.
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