John Wanamaker Professions : Merchant Born : July 11, 1838 Died : December 12, 1922 Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by John Wanamaker Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with. John Wanamaker flipping-a-coin coins too-much One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time. John Wanamaker fitness weight-loss inspirational Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half. John Wanamaker marketing money business People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness. John Wanamaker pyramids time funny I learned 30 years ago that it is foolish to scold. I have enough trouble overcoming my own limitations without fretting over the fact that God has not seen fit to distribute evenly the gift of intelligence. John Wanamaker overcoming motivational years I cannot too greatly emphasize the importance and value of Bible study - more important than ever before in these days of uncertainties, when men and woman are apt to decide questions from the standpoint of expediency rather than the eternal principles laid down by God, Himself. John Wanamaker important principles men A man's not doing much until the cause he works for possesses all there is of him. Desire, when harnessed, is power. John Wanamaker causes desire men When a customer enters my store, forget me. He is king. John Wanamaker kings forget inspirational Nothing comes merely by thinking about it. John Wanamaker weight-loss thinking No mistake or failure is as bad as to stop and not try again. John Wanamaker starting-over mistake trying I know that half of my advertising dollars are wasted ... I just don't know which half. John Wanamaker dollars marketing half Gratitude takes three forms: a feeling in the heart, an expression in words, and a giving in return. John Wanamaker gratitude expression heart Any seeming deception in a statement is costly, not only in the expense of the advertising but in the detrimental effect produced upon the customer, who believes she has been misled. John Wanamaker hype believe lying Keep up the old standards, and day by day raise them higher. John Wanamaker standards raises higher Confidence! Confidence! Confidence! That is your capital. John Wanamaker motivational Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own. John Wanamaker shovels courtesy snow Many persons have an idea that one cannot be in business and lead an upright life, whereas the truth is that no one succeeds in business to any great extent, who misleads or misrepresents. John Wanamaker succeed business ideas If we could only make our hands move as actively as our tongues, what wonders we could accomplish! Almost everyone loves to hear his own voice. It is so easy, too! Yet if we could say less and do more for each other's good, not alone would every home be happier, but communities would be enriched thereby. Instead of criticism by speech, to show someone a better way to do a thing would be of much greater value. John Wanamaker home love moving You can never ride on the wave that came in and went out yesterday. John Wanamaker wave yesterday motivational In writing advertising it must always be kept in mind that the customer often knows more about the goods than the advertising writers because they have had experience in buying them. John Wanamaker buying mind writing Similar Authors Elias Hasket Derby merchant Marco Polo merchant John Woolman merchant John G. Shedd merchant Siyyid `Ali Muhammad Shirazi merchant Thomas Lipton merchant All Authors
