James Cash Penney Quotes

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James Cash Penney

Profession : Businessman

Birth : September 16, 1875

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

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

James Cash Penney

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

James Cash Penney

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

The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds.

James Cash Penney

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

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

James Cash Penney

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

James Cash Penney

The disciplined are free.

James Cash Penney