Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American business person J. Ogden Armour.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Jonathan Ogden Armour was an American meatpacking magnate and only surviving son of Civil War–era industrialist Philip Danforth Armour. He became owner and president of Armour & Company upon the death of his father in 1901. During his tenure as president, Armour and Co. expanded nationwide and overseas, growing from a mid-sized regional meatpacker to the largest food products company in the United States.
Anybody can be a halfway man, but the one who rises above this class is the one who keeps everlastingly pushing.
The young man who wants to marry happily should pick out a good mother and marry one of her daughters - any one will do.
Capital can do nothing without brains to direct it.
Most men talk too much. Much of my success has been due to keeping my mouth shut.
Whoever admits that he is too busy to improve his methods, has acknowledged himself to be at the end of his rope. And that is always the saddest predicament which any one can get into.
There may be luck in getting a good job-but there's no luck in keeping it.