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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
Mind
Something
Improving
Everyday

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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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I believe in always having goals, and always setting them high.
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I loved retail from the beginning, and I still love it today.
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Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score.
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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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Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction.
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High expectations are the key to everything.
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When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
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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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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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I've always been driven to buck the system.
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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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Job security lasts only as long as the customer is satisfied. Nobody owes anybody else a living.
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Do it. Try it. Fix it.
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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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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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Focus on something the customer wants, and then deliver it.
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Individuals don't win in business, teams do.
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