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.

Success in business does not depend upon genius. Any young man of ordinary intelligence who is normally sound and not afraid to work should succeed in spite of obstacles and handicaps if he plays the game fairly and keeps everlastingly at it.

Responsibilities are given to him on whom trust rests. Responsibility is always a sign of trust.

I never trust an executive who tends to pass the buck. Nor would I want to deal with him as a customer or a supplier.

It is always the start that requires the greatest effort.

How can we expect our children to know and experience the joy of giving unless we teach them that the greater pleasure in life lies in the art of giving rather than receiving.

Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.