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I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.

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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
Improving
Everyday
Mind
Something

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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 believe in always having goals, and always setting them high.
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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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It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.
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Commit to your business. Believe in it more than anybody else.
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High expectations is the key to everything.
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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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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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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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Focus on something the customer wants, and then deliver it.
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Capital isn't scarce vision is.
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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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One thing my and mother and dad shared completely was their approach to money - they just didn't spend it.
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Curiosity doesn't kill the cat it kills the competition.
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Do it. Try it. Fix it.
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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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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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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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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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High expectations are the key to everything.
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