John Mackey Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“The right actions undertaken for the right reasons generally lead to good outcomes over time.”

“The stakeholder approach to business sees integration rather than separation, and sees how things fit together.”

“There is nothing wrong with making money, but that's not particularly inspiring.”

“Use the energy that fear creates to focus the mind more intently on the present moment - where fear doesn't exist.”

“We've always tried to be good citizens in the communities that we do business in.”

“Whole Foods has a good health care plan.”

“A healthy society rests on three pillars: business, government and civil society, or non-profits. Each has a distinct and important role to play, and all three need to work together synergistically to create the most value for society.”

“Amazon is certainly not a perfect company. However, doctors, teachers, engineers, journalists, politicians, and labor unions are also on a continuum of consciousness, and none are perfect either. It is easy to judge and find fault with any company if that is what one's ideological biases wish to see.”

“At a lot of companies founded on principles, the notion of making money is almost antithetical to the ethos of the place. From the very beginning, our business has existed to meet the needs and desires of multiple constituencies: customers, team members, vendors, shareholders, the community.”

“Back then, before the Internet, you had these paper catalogs that you ordered all the food from. So, we flipped through the catalogs, looked up the food we wanted, called them up, and they would show up in trucks.”