Beware of a misfit occupation… . Consider carefully your natural bent, whether for business or a profession.
—Marshall Field
Topics: Occupation
Things to remember: 1) The worth of character; 2) The improvement of talent; 3) The influence of example; 4) The joy of origination; 5) The dignity of simplicity; 6) The success of perseverance.
—Marshall Field
Topics: Simplicity, Example
Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.
—Marshall Field
Topics: Goodwill, Business
Right or wrong, the customer is always right.
—Marshall Field
Topics: Leaders, Leadership
I have tried to make all my acts and commercial moves the result of definite consideration and sound judgment. There were never any great ventures or risks. I practiced honest, slow-growing business methods, and tried to back them with energy and good system.
—Marshall Field
Topics: Judgment
The man who puts $10,000 additional capital into an established business is pretty certain of increased returns; and in the same way, the man who puts additional capital into his brains—information, well directed thought and study of possibilities—will as surely—yes, more surely—get increased returns. There is no capital and no increase in capital safer than that.
—Marshall Field
Topics: Intelligence
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