Sam Walton

Every time Wal-Mart spends one dollar foolishly, it comes right out of our customers’ pockets. Every time we save them a dollar, that puts us one more step ahead of the competition-which is where we always plan to be.

Sam Walton

I guess his vindication had to be the day in 1989 when he walked into a Kmart in Illinois and found that they had installed people greeters at their front doors.

Sam Walton

I guess in all my years, what I heard more than anything else was: a mere town cannot support a discount store for very long.

Sam Walton

I loved retail from the beginning, and I still love it today.

Sam Walton

I probably have traveled and walked into more variety stores than anybody in America. I am just trying to get ideas, any kind of ideas that will help our company. Most of us don’t invent ideas. We take the best ideas from someone else.

Sam Walton

I’d hate to see any descendants of mine fall into the category of what I’d call ‘idle rich’ – a group I’ve never had much use for.

Sam Walton

I’ve owned about 18 airplanes over the years, and I’ve never bought one of them new.

Sam Walton

In the beginning, I was so chintzy I really didn’t pay my employees well.

Sam Walton

It is unhealthy to marinate in your own press clippings.

Sam Walton

It’s just paper – all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.

Sam Walton