Frederick W. Smith Quotes


"I'm not afraid to take a swing and miss."
- Frederick W. Smith
"Information about the package is as important as the package itself."
- Frederick W. Smith
(Related: Information)

"Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged."
- Frederick W. Smith
(Related: Leaders)

"My innovation involved taking an idea from the telecommunications and banking industries, and applying that idea to transportation business."
- Frederick W. Smith
(Related: Business, Idea, Innovation)

"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
(Related: Men, Work, Manager)