James J. Hill
James J. Hill
James Jerome Hill, was a Canadian-American railroad executive. 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."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth16 September 1838
CountryUnited States of America
James J. Hill quotes about
Work, hard work, intelligent work, and then more work.
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.
Most men who have really lived have had, in some share, their great adventure. This railway is mine.
The passenger train is like the male teat - neither useful nor ornamental.
If you review the commercial history, you will discover anyone who controls oriental trade will get hold of global wealth.