Author: Frederick W. Smith

Quotes

My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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