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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.

Sam Walton

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Sam Walton
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 29
Died: 1992
Died: April 5
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Oklahoma
Samuel Moore Walton
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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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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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Leaders must always put their people before themselves. If you do that, your business will take care of itself.
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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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Don't get so stuck in your ways that you can't change.
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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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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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I learned a lesson which has stuck with me all through the years: you can learn from everybody. I didn't just learn from reading every retail publication I could get my hands on, I probably learned the most from studying what John Dunham was doing across the street
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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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Commit to your business. Believe in it more than anybody else.
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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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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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If one of our customers comes into the store without a smile, I'll give them one of mine.
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