John Wanamaker

"The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm."

"Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind."

"Capital isn't so important in business. Experience isn't so important. You can get both these things. What is important is ideas."

"Everybody lives by selling something."

"The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder."

"Money-getters are the benefactors of our age. They accumulate wealth and give employment to thousands."

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."

"An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it is also more nourishing."

"Before you can hold others accountable, you must be accountable to yourself."

"The art of a sales clerk is to gratify the customer."

"Do you know why I am prosperous? Because I have always been a friend to my customers."

"A man is known by the company he keeps."

"The object of advertising is to gather the maximum amount of attention."

"The great principle of genuine toleration is to say that a man shall retain his own opinions."

"God gave us two ends: one to sit on and one to think with. Ever since then it's been 50-50 which one we use most."

"The man or woman who is blessed with a purpose larger than themselves will never want for motivation."

"Knowledge is power only when it is organized and applied."

"In the days when kingdoms clashed against each other, the peasants didn't prosper, but in the days of commerce they did."

"A merchant prince is superior to any ordinary prince."

"Comfort is no test of truth. But it is possible to be too comfortable."

"The test of the first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time."

"Nature provides enough to satisfy every man's need but not every man's greed."

"Trade creates a common language."

"I have no philosophy. I only have a certain way of doing things."

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy."

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."

"The price of greatness is responsibility."

"Advertising is salesmanship mass produced."

"In the end, we will not remember the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

"The business of America is business."