My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

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.

My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

I’m not afraid to take a swing and miss.

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.

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

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