"Salesmanship, too, is an art; the perfection of its technique requires study and practice."
"Intelligence is the effort to do the best you can at your particular job; the quality that gives dignity to that job, whether it happens to be scrubbing a floor or running a corporation."
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Source: James Cash Penney (1960). “View from the Ninth Decade: Jottings from a Merchant's Daybook”
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