Men are not great or small because of their material possessions. They are great or small because of what they are.
Clock watchers never seem to be having a good time.
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.
Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change and men must change with them.
No serious-minded man should have time for the mediocre in any phase of his living.
I will have no man work for me who has not the capacity to become a partner.
In every man s life there lies latent energy. There is, however, a spark that, if kindled, will set the whole being afire, and he will become a human dynamo, capable of accomplishing almost anything to which he aspires.
Success in business does not depend upon genius. Any young man of ordinary intelligence who is normally sound and not afraid to work should succeed in spite of obstacles and handicaps if he plays the game fairly and keeps everlastingly at it.
I believe a man is better anchored who has a belief in the Supreme Being.
Do not primarily train men to work. Train them to serve willingly and intelligently.
No man can climb the ladder of success without first placing his foot on the bottom rung.
Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.
Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change.
The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds.
The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.