John Wanamaker Quotes (17 Quotes)

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

Nothing comes merely by thinking about it.

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.

Do the next thing.

When a customer enters my store, forget me. The customer is king.

When a customer enters my store, forget me. He is king.

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties.

I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half.

I always advise young men who write me on the subject to do one thing well, throwing all their energies into it.

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.

It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.

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 . . .

Keep up the old standards, and day by day raise them higher.

Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don't know which half.

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 he enriched thereby. Instead of criticism by speech, to show someone a better way to do a thing would be of much greater value.

Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.