James Cash Penney Quotes

I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

It's easy to have an act one and two. Go ahead and have an act three, four, and five. The saying is the easy part. The doing is the hard part.

You have to put in an effort in everything that you do, and you cannot just sit around expecting something to happen.

For my hustlers, here's some motivation: He who has begun is half done.

Nothing works unless you do the work.

To be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

Nothing will work unless you do.

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.

Each goodly thing is hardest to begin.

There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and industry.

Inspiration is highly overrated. If you sit around and wait for the clouds to part, it's not liable to ever happen. More often than not, work is salvation.

There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.

While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.

Discomfort is the way to go if you want to make something you feel is worthwhile.

Successful entrepreneurs always give 100% of their efforts to everything they do.

I'm a pretty hard worker.