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title: "2 Clerks Quotes By Sam Walton"
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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/the-key-to-success-is-to-get-out-into-the-store-and-listen-to-what/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

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> [Our best ideas come from clerks and stockboys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/our-best-ideas-come-from-clerks-and-stockboys/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

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## More by Sam Walton

> [It is unhealthy to marinate in your own press clippings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/it-is-unhealthy-to-marinate-in-your-own-press-clippings/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

> [Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/loosen-up-and-everybody-around-you-will-loosen-up/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

> [All of us profit from being corrected - if we're corrected in a positive way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/all-of-us-profit-from-being-corrected-if-we-re-corrected-in-a/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

> [The secret of successful retailing is to give your customers what they want](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/the-secret-of-successful-retailing-is-to-give-your-customers-what/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

> [If I had to single out one element in my life that has made a difference for me, it would be a passion to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/if-i-had-to-single-out-one-element-in-my-life-that-has-made-a/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/we-re-all-working-together-that-s-the-secret-and-we-ll-lower-the-cost/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/the-key-to-success-is-to-get-out-into-the-store-and-listen-to-what/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

> [I think my constant fiddling and meddling with the status quo may have been one of my biggest contributions to the later success of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/i-think-my-constant-fiddling-and-meddling-with-the-status-quo-may/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

> [High expectations is the key to everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/high-expectations-is-the-key-to-everything/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

> [Exceed your customer's expectations. If you do, they'll come back over and over. Give them what they want - and a little more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/exceed-your-customer-s-expectations-if-you-do-they-ll-come-back-over/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

> [Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/nothing-else-can-quite-substitute-for-a-few-well-chosen-well-timed/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

> [I was asked what I thought about the recession. I thought about it and decided not to take part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/i-was-asked-what-i-thought-about-the-recession-i-thought-about-it-and/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

> [Capital isn't hard to find; intuition, yes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/capital-isn-t-hard-to-find-intuition-yes/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

> [Commit to your business. Believe in it more than anybody else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/commit-to-your-business-believe-in-it-more-than-anybody-else/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

> [Our best ideas come from clerks and stockboys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/our-best-ideas-come-from-clerks-and-stockboys/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

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