Quotes by Sam Walton

About Sam Walton:

Samuel Moore was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club.
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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.

Sam Walton

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.

Sam Walton

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

Sam Walton

I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.

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Capital isn't scarce; vision is.

Sam Walton

Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.

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

Sam Walton

In the beginning, I was so chintzy I really didn't pay my employees well.

Sam Walton

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

Sam Walton

Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.

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

Control your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive advantage.

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.

Sam Walton

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

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Maybe I was born to be a merchant, maybe it was fate. I don't know about that. But I know this for sure: I loved retail from the very beginning.

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I don't know what would have happened to Wal-Mart if we had laid low and never stirred up the competition. My guess is that we would have remained a strictly regional operator.

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

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What am I supposed to haul my dogs around in, a Rolls-Royce?

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I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.

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One person seeking glory doesn't accomplish very much.

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Author Bio

  • NameSam Walton
  • DescriptionFounder of Wal-Mart and Sam's Club
  • BornMarch 29, 1918
  • DiedApril 5, 1992
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur
  • AwardsPresidential Medal Of Freedom