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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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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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Retailing
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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 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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It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.
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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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Capital isn't scarce vision is.
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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 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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High expectations is the key to everything.
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Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune
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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 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 had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.
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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'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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When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
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High expectations are the key to everything.
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Individuals don't win in business, teams do.
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Curiosity doesn't kill the cat it kills the competition.
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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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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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