James Cash Penney

"I believe that faith can move mountains."

"Change is the only constant; embrace it."

"Leadership is service."

"The key to happiness is gratitude."

"I have learned more from my failures than my successes."

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."

"The greatest legacy is the people you inspire."

"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read."

"Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth."

"Great ideas originate in the muscles."

"Unless you are willing to drench yourself in your work beyond the point of merely seeming busy, you will not see the good that swells up in the labor itself."

"The noblest work of man is done for wages."

"I would rather lose money than lose people."

"Growth is the only evidence of life."

"The public pays for all the advances in civilization."

"Pray for others, not for yourself."

"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth."

"Do not think you can find happiness by traveling to a distant land, for you will find you cannot run away from yourself."

"I want every associate to feel that his success, his promotion, his future depends upon his own efforts and conduct alone."

"The chains of habit are generally too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken."

"Where there is faith, there is love; where there is love, there is peace; where there is peace, there is God."

"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury."

"A merchant's desire should not be to make a large profit on a single sale, but to establish customers for life."

"The greatest wealth is a poverty of wants."

"We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond."

"No man can be a real success if he does not love his work."

"The time to act is now; it is never too late to start, nor too soon to go."

"Whatever I engage in, I must push intelligently and energetically."

"It takes more than capital to start a business. It requires honesty and integrity."

"The world will pay you exactly what you are worth, no more, no less."