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

A lot of the economy is indeed being supplied by goods that are produced offshore. And much of the reason for that is societal.

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.

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

I paid every effort to seek deregulation throughout FEDEX's start-up and expansion periods, because the biggest impediment to our growth was the government regulations that restricted new entry into the air cargo market.

If you look historically, what creates growth and wealth is innovation and investment, and increase in scale - more customers.

There is no free market for oil. It's controlled by a cartel, OPEC.