F. E. Smith's Quotes

Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?

The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.