James Cash Penney

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

Exchange ideas frequently.

The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business.

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

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

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

Do not learn how to react learn how to respond.

Methuselah lived to be 969 years old . You boys and girls will see more in the next fifty years than Methuselah saw in his whole lifetime.

I’ve been up the mountain and I had a choice. Should I come down? So I came down. God said, Okay, you’ve been up on the mountain, now you go down. You’re on your own, free. Check in later, but now you’re on your own.

A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir – a constant source of energy, determination and kindness.

What about Jesus Christ? I say that he was a precursor of idealists; a precursor of socialists.

What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.

Our God is a forgiving God.

Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it’s the universe that’s breathing.

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

There is no path to happiness: Happiness is the path.

Children, Fear God; that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a strict care to embrace and do that which is good.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

Let us be grateful to Adam, our benefactor. He cut us out of the blessing of idleness and won for us the curse of labor.