Top 7 Quotes by James J. Hill

Give me snuff, whiskey, and Swedes, and I will build a railroad to hell.

Give me snuff, whiskey, and Swedes, and I will build a railroad to hell.

Funny, Giving, Sweden

Work, hard work, intelligent work, and then more work.

Hard Work, Intelligent, Hard

James J. Hill (2001). “Highways of Progress”, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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.

James J. Hill

Simple, Thinking, May

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

Country, Entrepreneur, Credit

James J. Hill (2001). “Highways of Progress”, p.307, The Minerva Group, Inc.