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I've always been driven to buck the system.

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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
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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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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 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 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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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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Curiosity doesn't kill the cat it kills the competition.
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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.
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Individuals don't win in business, teams do.
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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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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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I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.
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High expectations is the key to everything.
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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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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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When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
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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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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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I believe in always having goals, and always setting them high.
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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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Leaders must always put their people before themselves. If you do that, your business will take care of itself.
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