Sam Walton

It is unhealthy to marinate in your own press clippings.

— Sam Walton

Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.

— Sam Walton

All of us profit from being corrected - if we're corrected in a positive way.

— Sam Walton

The secret of successful retailing is to give your customers what they want

— Sam Walton

If I had to single out one element in my life that has made a difference for me, it would be a…

— 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…

— 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…

— Sam Walton

I think my constant fiddling and meddling with the status quo may have been one of my biggest contributions to the later…

— Sam Walton

High expectations is the key to everything.

— 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…

— 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

— Sam Walton

I was asked what I thought about the recession. I thought about it and decided not to take part.

— Sam Walton

Capital isn't hard to find; intuition, yes.

— Sam Walton

Commit to your business. Believe in it more than anybody else.

— Sam Walton

Our best ideas come from clerks and stockboys.

— Sam Walton

Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.

— Sam Walton

“Two things about Sam Walton distinguish him from almost everyone else I know. First, he gets up every day bound and determined…

— Sam Walton

I probably have traveled and walked into more variety stores than anybody in America.

— Sam Walton

I don't know what would have happened to Wal-Mart if we had laid low and never stirred up the competition. My guess…

— Sam Walton

When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.

— Sam Walton

You can learn from everybody.

— Sam Walton

Do it. Try it. Fix it.

— Sam Walton

I guess in all my years, what I heard more than anything else was: a mere town cannot support a discount store…

— Sam Walton

Don't get so stuck in your ways that you can't change.

— Sam Walton

A computer can tell you down to the dime what you've sold, but it can never tell you how much you could…

— Sam Walton