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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
Life
Dollars
Four
Happiness
Three
Firsts
Matter
Dollar
First
Sell
Things
Sells

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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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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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Do it. Try it. Fix it.
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I believe in always having goals, and always setting them high.
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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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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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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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It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.
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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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Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score.
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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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Curiosity doesn't kill the cat it kills the competition.
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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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Communicate everything you can to your associates. The more they know, the more they care. Once they care, there is no stopping them.
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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.
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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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Individuals don't win in business, teams do.
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Focus on something the customer wants, and then deliver it.
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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High expectations is the key to everything.
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