Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by James J. Hill

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American businessman James J. Hill.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
James J. Hill

James Jerome Hill was a Canadian-American railroad director. He was the chief executive officer of a family of lines headed by the Great Northern Railway, which served a substantial area of the Upper Midwest, the northern Great Plains, and Pacific Northwest. Because of the size of this region and the economic dominance exerted by the Hill lines, Hill became known during his lifetime as "The Empire Builder".

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Most men who have really lived have had, in some share, their great adventure. This railway is mine.
The wealth of the country, its capital, its credit, must be saved from the predatory poor as well as the predatory rich, but above all from the predatory politician. — © James J. Hill
The wealth of the country, its capital, its credit, must be saved from the predatory poor as well as the predatory rich, but above all from the predatory politician.
Work, hard work, intelligent work, and then more work.
Give me snuff, whiskey, and Swedes, and I will build a railroad to hell.
The passenger train is like the male teat - neither useful nor ornamental.
If you want to know whether you are destined to be a success or a failure in life, you can easily find out. The test is simple and it is infallible: Are you able to save money? If not, drop out. You will lose. You may think not, but you will lose as sure as you live. The seed of success is not in you.
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