A lot of the economy is indeed being supplied by goods that are produced offshore. And much of the reason for that is societal.

- Frederick W. Smith

A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is intere…

- Frederick W. Smith

I’m not afraid to take a swing and miss.

- Frederick W. Smith

Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils down to lookin…

- Frederick W. Smith

A good Christian is a velvet-covered brick.

- Frederick W. Smith

I do not believe I could have built FedEx without the skills I learned from the Marine Corps.

- Frederick W. Smith

I paid every effort to seek deregulation throughout FEDEX's start-up and expansion periods, because the biggest impediment to our growth was the gove…

- Frederick W. Smith

Beginning in 1973 and then acts in '77, '78, 1980, 1994 and then into the 21st century in the international arena, governments have steadily gotten o…

- Frederick W. Smith

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

- Frederick W. Smith