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Leaders must always put their people before themselves. If you do that, your business will take care of itself.

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Sam Walton
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 29
Died: 1992
Died: April 5
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Economist
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Kingfisher
Oklahoma
Samuel Moore Walton
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Job security lasts only as long as the customer is satisfied. Nobody owes anybody else a living.
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Somehow over the years people have gotten the impression that Wal-Mart was...just this great idea that turned into an overnight success. But...it was an outgrowth of everything we'd been doing since [1945]...And like most overnight successes, it was about twenty years in the making.
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Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.
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We're all working together that's the secret. And we'll lower the cost of living for everyone, not just in America, but we'll give the world an opportunity to see what it's like to save and have a better lifestyle, a better life for all. We're proud of what we've accomplished we've just begun.
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When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
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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.
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Don't get so stuck in your ways that you can't change.
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...You can make a positive out of most any negative if you work at it hard enough.
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There's absolutely no limit to what plain, ordinary, working people can accomplish if they're given the opportunity and encouragement to do their best.
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There are only four things in life that matter. The first is happiness and I'll sell you the other three for a dollar.
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