Sam Walton

Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They’re absolutely free and worth a fortune.

Sam Walton

Business is a competitive endeavor, and job security lasts only as long as the customer is satisfied. Nobody owes anybody else a living.

Sam Walton

Curiosity doesn’t kill the cat; it kills the competition.

Sam Walton

Do it – Try it – Fix it!

Sam Walton

Don’t get so stuck in your ways that you can’t change.

Sam Walton

Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.

Sam Walton

Focus on something the customer wants, and then deliver it.

Sam Walton

Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who’s going to have a great idea.

Sam Walton

I had confidence that as long as we did our work well and were good to our customers, there would be no limit to us.

Sam Walton

I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they’ve been.

Sam Walton