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Commit to your business. Believe in it more than anybody else.

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
Commitment
Anybody
Business
Else
Believe
Commit

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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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The key to success is to get out into the store and listen to what the associates have to say. It's terribly important for everyone to get involved. Our best ideas come from clerks and stockboys.
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I loved retail from the beginning, and I still love it today.
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High expectations is the key to everything.
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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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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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Leaders must always put their people before themselves. If you do that, your business will take care of itself.
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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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Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.
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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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...You can make a positive out of most any negative if you work at it hard enough.
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The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best, but legendary.
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Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score.
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Individuals don't win in business, teams do.
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I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.
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Most everything I've done I've copied from somebody else.
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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.
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Do it. Try it. Fix it.
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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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