James Cash Penney Economy Quotations

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

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.

Clock watchers never seem to be having a good time.

Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change and men must change with them.

Do not primarily train men to work. Train them to serve willingly and intelligently.

The best of merchandise will go back to the shelf unless handled by a conscientious, tactful salesman.

A store's best advertisement is the service its goods render, for upon such service rest the future, the good-will, of an organization.

Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.

The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business.