When I bought companies, it was done on trust, on a one-on-one basis, and with the intention of taking care of employees. Today, it’s about who can bid the highest. There’s no personal interest. It’s a different world and one that an entrepreneur like me doesn’t like much. Jon Huntsman, Sr. Read Quote
I think the history of the world suggests if one studies the Romans, and one studies the early Greeks, and one studies the history of the world, they all eventually falter if they don’t come back to the basic aspect of integrity and honor and feelings of love one for another. Jon Huntsman, Sr. Read Quote
All men and women need a roof over their heads and need to be fed and have proper health care. I don’t know that I believed that, or even understood that, in the early days. Jon Huntsman, Sr. Read Quote
Sometimes in life, we try to do our very best to help others, and in the process, it brings some anguish to us. But we can’t ever let that stop us. We can’t ever be stopped from helping others and allowing them to have some sense of happiness and joy in their life. Jon Huntsman, Sr. Read Quote
In America today, unfortunately, the right wing has been totally commandeered by the Tea Party, and it’s a bad thing for our party. Jon Huntsman, Sr. Read Quote
I found that, academically, it really didn’t matter whether I had received a certain grade in a class; it didn’t matter too much what schools I wanted to attend… What matters is one’s drive, one’s intelligence. Jon Huntsman, Sr. Read Quote
Always make your team around you feel like you are succeeding, even though you know, way down deep, it’s a long shot. You have to be the fighter and the leader and the one who instills energy and hope in others. Jon Huntsman, Sr. Read Quote
We’re in business to relieve human suffering, to help feed the poor, to provide education and culture – but above all else, we’re concerned with the relief of human suffering. Jon Huntsman, Sr. Read Quote
I think our Founding Fathers, they would disagree, but they weren’t disagreeable. They didn’t hate each other; they didn’t want to kill each other off. Jon Huntsman, Sr. Read Quote
Our Heavenly Father expects the best from each of us. We must believe in ourselves. Don’t give in when the going gets rough. You are laying the foundation of a great work, and that great work is your life. Jon Huntsman, Sr. Read Quote
