J. C. Penney Quotes

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

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

  J. C. Penney

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

  J. C. Penney

• Responsibilities are given to him on whom trust rests. Responsibility is always a sign of trust.

  J. C. Penney

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

  J. C. 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.

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• 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.

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

  J. C. Penney

• My definition of an executive’s job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.

  J. C. Penney

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

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

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

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

  J. C. Penney

• It is always the start that requires the greatest effort.

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

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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.

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

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• I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps.

  J. C. Penney

• I believe in trusting men, not only once but twice – in giving a failure another chance.

  J. C. Penney

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

  J. C. Penney

J. C. Penney (53)

Birth:	16th September, 1875
Death:	12th February, 1971
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Businessman

About

James Cash "J. C." Penney Jr. was born in Hamilton, Missouri, USA. He was an American businessman who founded the J. C. Penney stores in 1902. In 1898, he began working for a small chain of stores in the western United States called the Golden Rule stores. He expanded to 175 stores by the time he retired in 1917. His stores today sell general merchandise for the home.

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