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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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Sam Walton
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 29
Died: 1992
Died: April 5
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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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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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Do it. Try it. Fix it.
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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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Most everything I've done I've copied from somebody else.
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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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...You can make a positive out of most any negative if you work at it hard enough.
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Focus on something the customer wants, and then deliver it.
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Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
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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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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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Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score.
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Curiosity doesn't kill the cat it kills the competition.
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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 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 not only knew I wanted to go into retailing, I also knew I wanted to go into business for myself.
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Communicate everything you can to your associates. The more they know, the more they care. Once they care, there is no stopping them.
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There's absolutely no limit to what plain, ordinary, working people can accomplish if they're given the opportunity and encouragement to do their best.
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The secret of successful retailing is to give your customers what they want
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