Quote

Our best ideas come from clerks and stockboys.

Sam Walton

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Sam Walton
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 29
Died: 1992
Died: April 5
Businessman
Businessperson
Economist
Entrepreneur
Kingfisher
Oklahoma
Samuel Moore Walton
Listening
Best
Ideas
Come
Clerks
Innovation

More quotes by Sam Walton

Image
I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.
Sam Walton
Image
One thing my and mother and dad shared completely was their approach to money - they just didn't spend it.
Sam Walton
Image
I not only knew I wanted to go into retailing, I also knew I wanted to go into business for myself.
Sam Walton
Image
A computer can tell you down to the dime what you've sold, but it can never tell you how much you could have sold.
Sam Walton
Image
It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.
Sam Walton
Image
The secret of successful retailing is to give your customers what they want
Sam Walton
Image
Individuals don't win in business, teams do.
Sam Walton
Image
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
Sam Walton
Image
We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.
Sam Walton
Image
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
Image
High expectations are the key to everything.
Sam Walton
Image
You can make a lot of mistakes and still recover if you run an efficient operation. Or you can be brilliant and still go out of business if you're too inefficient.
Sam Walton
Image
Communicate everything you can to your associates. The more they know, the more they care. Once they care, there is no stopping them.
Sam Walton
Image
There are only four things in life that matter. The first is happiness and I'll sell you the other three for a dollar.
Sam Walton
Image
High expectations is the key to everything.
Sam Walton
Image
Curiosity doesn't kill the cat it kills the competition.
Sam Walton
Image
When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
Sam Walton
Image
Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction.
Sam Walton
Image
Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.
Sam Walton
Image
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