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Curiosity doesn't kill the cat it kills the competition.

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
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If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever.
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I believe in always having goals, and always setting them high.
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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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The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best, but legendary.
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I think my constant fiddling and meddling with the status quo may have been one of my biggest contributions to the later success of Wal-Mart.
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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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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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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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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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Individuals don't win in business, teams do.
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Do it. Try it. Fix it.
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High expectations are the key to everything.
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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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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'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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It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.
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Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score.
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I've always been driven to buck the system.
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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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