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Our best ideas come from clerks and stockboys.

Sam Walton

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

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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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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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Information is power, and the gain you get from empowering your associates more than offsets the risk of informing your competitor.
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We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.
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I not only knew I wanted to go into retailing, I also knew I wanted to go into business for myself.
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One thing my and mother and dad shared completely was their approach to money - they just didn't spend it.
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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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Capital isn't scarce vision is.
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Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Don't take yourself so seriously. Loosen up and everyone around you will loosen up. Have fun and always show enthusiasm. When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
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I've always been driven to buck the system.
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Commit to your business. Believe in it more than anybody else.
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Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score.
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It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
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Don't get so stuck in your ways that you can't change.
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Do it. Try it. Fix it.
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High expectations is the key to everything.
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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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If one of our customers comes into the store without a smile, I'll give them one of mine.
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