James Cash Penney Quotes - Page 3

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• No business can succeed in any great degree without being properly organized.

  James Cash Penney

  Degrees, Succeed, Organized

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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.

  James Cash Penney

  Jobs, People, Done

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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.

  James Cash Penney

  Life, Matter, Economy

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

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• 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”

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

  James Cash Penney

  Believe, Men, Anchors

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

  James Cash Penney

  Would Be, Routine, Slave

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• 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

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• 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

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• Responsibility is always a sign of trust.

  James Cash Penney

  Responsibility

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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.

  James Cash Penney

  Men, Economy, Possession

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• Honor bespeaks worth Confidence begets trust.

  James Cash Penney

  Trust No One, Honor, Satisfaction

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• There's no better friend to any merchant than a fair competitor.

  James Cash Penney

  Competitors, Fairs, Merchants

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

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

  James Cash Penney

  Buying, Economy

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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

  James Cash Penney

  Jobs, Economy, Selling

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

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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.

  James Cash Penney

  Success, Men, Play

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• I never trust an executive who tends to pass the buck. Nor would I want to deal with him as a customer or a supplier.

  James Cash Penney

  Inspirational, Trust, Want

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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.

  James Cash Penney

  Mind, Care, Economy

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

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

  James Cash Penney

  Business, Men, Economy

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