James Cash Penney Quotes About Economy

Quotes about: Economy

• The five separate fingers are five independent units. Close them and the fist multiplies strength. This is organization.

  James Cash Penney

  Independent, Organization, Fists

• I was long brought up to think that it was nothing short of a crime to miss a sale.

  James Cash Penney

  Thinking, Long, Missing

• Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.

  James Cash Penney

  Men, World, Economy

• Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

  James Cash Penney

  Leadership, Confidence, Trust No One

• The problem with the bronco is to get on and stay on. This is the problem with the Golden Rule-to understand and apply

  James Cash Penney

  Stay Positive, Golden, Problem

• Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence.

  James Cash Penney

  Luck, Laziness, Lasts

  James Cash Penney, Robert Walter Bruère (1931). “J.C. Penney: the Man with a Thousand Partners: An Autobiography of J.C. Penney”

• The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business.

  James Cash Penney

  Golden, Limits, Economy

• The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress.

  James Cash Penney

  Successful, Progress, Cooperation

• No matter what his position or experience in life, there is in everyone more latent than developed ability; far more unused than used power.

  James Cash Penney

  Life, Matter, Economy

  James Cash Penney (1950). “Fifty Years with the Golden Rule”

• Men are not great or small because of their material possessions. They are great or small because of what they are.

  James Cash Penney

  Men, Economy, Possession

• Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change and men must change with them.

  James Cash Penney

  Men, Economy, Method

• Clock watchers never seem to be having a good time.

  James Cash Penney

  Time Management, Good Times, Economy

  James Cash Penney (1960). “View from the Ninth Decade: Jottings from a Merchant's Daybook”

• Do not primarily train men to work. Train them to serve willingly and intelligently.

  James Cash Penney

  Business, Men, Economy

• Determine to do some thinking for yourself. Don't live entirely upon the thoughts of others. Don't be an automaton.

  James Cash Penney

  Thinking, Economy, Determine

• I believe a man is better anchored who has a belief in the Supreme Being.

  James Cash Penney

  Believe, Men, Anchors

• It was always my practice to train salespeople under my direct supervision, and to treat children with the utmost consideration.

  James Cash Penney

  Children, Practice, Economy

• Success will always be measured by the extent to which we serve the buying public.

  James Cash Penney

  Buying, Economy

• Salesmanship, too, is an art; the perfection of its technique requires study and practice.

  James Cash Penney

  Art, Practice, Perfection

• 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.

  James Cash Penney

  Mind, Care, Economy

  James Cash Penney (1950). “Fifty Years with the Golden Rule”

• The best of merchandise will go back to the shelf unless handled by a conscientious, tactful salesman.

  James Cash Penney

  Economy, Shelves, Salesman

• Too many would-be executives are slaves of routine.

  James Cash Penney

  Would Be, Routine, Slave

• Selling is our No. 1 job. Never get away from selling a lot of merchandise personally. The more you sell the more you learn

  James Cash Penney

  Jobs, Economy, Selling

  James Cash Penney (1950). “Fifty Years with the Golden Rule”

• We can serve our customers well only if our buying jobs are right. You cannot sell if you haven't ordered wanted goods into your store.

  James Cash Penney

  Jobs, Buying, Economy

• No company can afford not to move forward. It may be at the top of the heap today but at the bottom of the heap tomorrow, if it doesn't

  James Cash Penney

  Moving, May, Today

• A store's best advertisement is the service its goods render, for upon such service rest the future, the good-will, of an organization.

  James Cash Penney

  Organization, Economy, Stores

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