Quotes by James Cash Penney

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

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My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply...

#James Cash Penney

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

#James Cash Penney

Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence.

#Incompetence

It was always my practice to train salespeople under my direct supervision, and to treat...

#James Cash Penney

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

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It is always the start that requires the greatest effort.

#James Cash Penney

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

#James Cash Penney

We can serve our customers well only if our buying jobs are right. You cannot...

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Too many would-be executives are slaves of routine.

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

#James Cash Penney

There has never been a time when a career in the Penney Company was not...

#James Cash Penney