Sam Walton

“He proved that people can be motivated. The mountain is there, but somebody else has already climbed it.”

— Sam Walton

We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.

— Sam Walton

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

— Sam Walton

Give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people.

— Sam Walton

To succeed in this world, you have to change all the time.

— Sam Walton

Most of us don't invent ideas. We take the best ideas from someone else.

— Sam Walton

We're all working together; that's the secret.

— Sam Walton

I pay low wages. I can take advantage of that. We're going to be successful, but the basis is a very low-wage,…

— Sam Walton

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by…

— Sam Walton

“From 1977 to 1987, our average annual return to investors was 46 percent. And even in the middle of the recession, in…

— Sam Walton

The way management treats their associates is exactly how the associates will then treat the customers.

— Sam Walton

Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there's a good chance…

— Sam Walton