James Cash Penney Quotes

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James Cash Penney

Profession : Businessman

Birth : September 16, 1875

Salesmanship is limitless. Our very living is selling. We are all salespeople.

James Cash Penney

Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless.

James Cash Penney

I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.

James Cash Penney

There has never been a time when a career in the Penney Company was not a challenge that brought out the best in a man.

James Cash Penney

We get real results only in proportion to the real values we give.

James Cash Penney

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

James Cash Penney

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

No serious-minded man should have time for the mediocre in any phase of his living.

James Cash Penney

Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change.

James Cash Penney

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

James Cash Penney

Too many would-be executives are slaves of routine.

James Cash Penney

A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.

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

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

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

James Cash Penney

It is the service we are not obliged to give that people value most.

James Cash Penney

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

James Cash Penney

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

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