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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.

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
Three
Firsts
Matter
Dollar
First
Sell
Things
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Life
Dollars
Four
Happiness

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Focus on something the customer wants, and then deliver it.
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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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Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score.
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Curiosity doesn't kill the cat it kills the competition.
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Capital isn't scarce vision is.
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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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The secret of successful retailing is to give your customers what they want
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Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune
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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.
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Some families sell their stocks off a little bit at a time to live high, and then - boom - somebody takes them over, and it all goes down the drain.
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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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Job security lasts only as long as the customer is satisfied. Nobody owes anybody else a living.
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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.
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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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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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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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Share your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners. In turn, they will treat you as a partner, and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations.
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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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I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.
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