Frederick Smith Quotes

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

Time, Decision, Ourselves

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

Fear, Failure, Try

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

Government, Someone, Private

I do not believe I could have built FedEx without the skills I learned from the Marine Corps.
Frederick Smith

Learned, Skills, Marine

If you look historically, what creates growth and wealth is innovation and investment, and increase in scale - more customers.
Frederick Smith

Growth, Wealth, Investment

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

Leadership, Value, Left

Only electricity can give the transport sector the flexibility to switch fuels when one or more become too expensive.
Frederick Smith

Give, Become, Expensive

The United States tax system today is very prejudiced towards financialization, leverage, and lack of investment.
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Today, United, System

There is no free market for oil. It's controlled by a cartel, OPEC.
Frederick Smith

Free, Market, Oil

Beginning in 1973 and then acts in '77, '78, 1980, 1994 and then into the 21st century in the international arena, governments have steadily gotten out of the transportation business.
Frederick Smith

Business, Beginning, Century

Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils down to looking after your people and ensuring that, from top to bottom, everyone feels part of the team.
Frederick Smith

Leadership, Down, After

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 Smith

Money, Impossible, Put

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: 1944

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