I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.
Interpretation
Hard work is essential to overcome life's challenges, not making excuses.
In this quote, James Cash Penney emphasizes the importance of hard work as the fundamental solution to the various problems one may face in life. He dismisses the notion of excuses, suggesting that instead of seeking reasons for failure, individuals should focus on diligent effort to achieve their goals and navigate through difficulties.
In practice
In a motivational talk at a conference about overcoming adversity.
The friendly smile, the word of greeting, are certainly something fleeting and seemingly insubstantial. You canβt take them with you. But they work for good beyond your power to measure their influence. It is the service we are not obliged to give that people value most.
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.
A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.
Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.
It is the service we are not obliged to give that people value most.
Courteous treatment will make a customer a walking advertisement.
The thoughts you choose to think and believe right now are creating your future. These thoughts form your experiences, tomorrow, next week, and next year.
In order to build our nation, we must all exceed our own expectations.
Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential.
Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
Let positive, strong, helpful thoughts enter into your brains from very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralysing ones.
People have to feel needed. Frequently, we just offer a job and 'perks.' We don't always offer people a purpose. When people feel there is a purpose and that they're needed, there's not much else to do except let them do the work.
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