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James Cash Penney
Age: 95 †
Born: 1875
Born: September 16
Died: 1971
Died: February 12
Businessman
Entrepreneur
Hamilton
Missouri
Disciplined
Free

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Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.
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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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Do not primarily train men to work. Train them to serve willingly and intelligently.
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Exchange ideas frequently.
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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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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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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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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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No matter what his position or experience in life, there is in everyone more latent than developed ability far more unused than used power.
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Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change.
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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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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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I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.
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Every great business is built on friendship.
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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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The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business.
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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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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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There's no better friend to any merchant than a fair competitor.
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