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Job security lasts only as long as the customer is satisfied. Nobody owes anybody else a living.

Sam Walton

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Sam Walton
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 29
Died: 1992
Died: April 5
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Kingfisher
Oklahoma
Samuel Moore Walton
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Individuals don't win in business, teams do.
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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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The secret of successful retailing is to give your customers what they want
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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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Leaders must always put their people before themselves. If you do that, your business will take care of itself.
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High expectations is the key to everything.
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I loved retail from the beginning, and I still love it today.
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I think my constant fiddling and meddling with the status quo may have been one of my biggest contributions to the later success of Wal-Mart.
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When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
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Curiosity doesn't kill the cat it kills the competition.
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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.
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Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score.
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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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I think I overcame every single one of my personal shortcomings by the sheer passion I brought to my work. I don't know if you're born with this kind of passion, or if you can learn it. But I do know you need it.
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Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
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Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who's going to have a great idea.
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Most everything I've done I've copied from somebody else.
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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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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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