James Cash Penney, Jr. (September 16, 1875 – February 12, 1971) was an American businessman and entrepreneur who, in 1902, founded the J. C. Penney stores. Read full biography of James Cash Penney →
The five separate fingers are five independent units. Close them and the fist multiplies strength. This is organization.
I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps.
Salesmanship is limitless. Our very living is selling. We are all salespeople.
I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.
The greatest teacher I know is the job itself.
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.
Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change and men must change with them.
A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.
It is the service we are not obliged to give that people value most.
The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds.
Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.
Men are not great or small because of their material possessions. They are great or small because of what they are.
I believe in trusting men, not only once but twice - in giving a failure another chance.
James Cash Penney, Jr. (September 16, 1875 – February 12, 1971) was an American businessman and entrepreneur who, in 1902, founded the J. C. Penney stores.