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If one of our customers comes into the store without a smile, I'll give them one of mine.

Sam Walton

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Sam Walton
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 29
Died: 1992
Died: April 5
Businessman
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Economist
Entrepreneur
Kingfisher
Oklahoma
Samuel Moore Walton
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The secret of successful retailing is to give your customers what they want
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Do it. Try it. Fix it.
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I believe in always having goals, and always setting them high.
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...You can make a positive out of most any negative if you work at it hard enough.
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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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Leaders must always put their people before themselves. If you do that, your business will take care of itself.
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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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I loved retail from the beginning, and I still love it today.
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I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.
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