Author: Frederick W. Smith

Quotes

Every time we make an investment decision at FedEx, we ask ourselves: 'What is the return on this investment?'

Every time we make an investment decision at FedEx, we ask ourselves: 'What is the return on this investment?'

- Frederick W. Smith

I am not someone who tends to advocate for increased government involvement in the private sector.

I am not someone who tends to advocate for increased government involvement in the private sector.

- Frederick W. Smith

A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can.

A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can.

- Frederick W. Smith

The tax rate of 35 percent is impossible to provide an incentive to the large corporations, that have $1.7 trillion offshore, to put their money back in the United States.

The tax rate of 35 percent is impossible to provide an incentive to the large corporations, that have $1.7 trillion offshore, to put their money back in the United States.

- Frederick W. Smith

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

- Frederick W. Smith

My innovation involved taking an idea from the telecommunications and banking industries, and applying that idea to transportation business.

My innovation involved taking an idea from the telecommunications and banking industries, and applying that idea to transportation business.

- Frederick W. Smith

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