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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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Kingfisher
Oklahoma
Samuel Moore Walton
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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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Individuals don't win in business, teams do.
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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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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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One thing my and mother and dad shared completely was their approach to money - they just didn't spend it.
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When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
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I pay low wages. I can take advantage of that. We're going to be successful, but the basis is a very low-wage, low-benefit model of employment.
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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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It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.
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Exceed your customer's expectations. If you do, they'll come back over and over. Give them what they want - and a little more.
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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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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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Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.
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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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We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.
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