James Cash Penney

"Time is the one thing we can never get back, so spend it wisely."

"The best investment is always in people."

"To be content with mediocrity is to be content with failure."

"The power of positive thinking is the greatest power known to mankind."

"I have always believed that competition brings out the best in people."

"The man who is too comfortable is the man who is too complacent."

"Service is the rent we pay for our room on earth."

"The greatest teacher is experience, if we listen to what it teaches."

"A promise made is a debt unpaid."

"The real secret of success is consistency."

"I never consider myself successful until I have made the people around me successful."

"Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives a satisfaction that idleness never can."

"The greatest legacy we can leave is a good name and a good example."

"The man who makes no mistakes makes nothing."

"Prosperity without principle is a curse in disguise."

"I have always believed that knowledge is power, but only if it is used."

"The difference between a successful man and others is not a lack of strength or knowledge, but a lack of will."

"Every man has the opportunity to make his life what he will have it be."

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

"I believe that the most successful people are those who serve others the best."

"The human soul needs beauty as much as it needs bread."

"Character is what you do when nobody is watching."

"The price of success is eternal vigilance."

"A man who cannot laugh at himself is a man who does not know himself."

"The future is not something that happens to us; it is something we create."

"The greatest gift a father can give his children is his time."

"To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often."

"I have always believed that loyalty is a two-way street."

"The man who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the man doing it."

"Wealth is not the measure of success; character is."