I do not believe I could have built FedEx without the skills I learned from the Marine Corps.

I do not believe I could have built FedEx without the skills I learned from the Marine Corps.

Beginning in 1973 and then acts in '77, '78, 1980, 1994 and then into the 21st century in the international arena, governments have steadily gotten out of the transportation business.

A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible.

A good Christian is a velvet-covered brick.

Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.