Sam Walton Quotes - Page 2

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• Capital isn't scarce; vision is.

  Sam Walton

  Success, Encouragement, Business

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• There are only four things in life that matter. The first is happiness and I'll sell you the other three for a dollar.

  Sam Walton

  Things In Life, Dollars, Three

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• Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.

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  Appreciation, Appreciate, Team Building

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.315, Bantam

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

  Sam Walton

  Passion, Differences, Would Be

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.13, Bantam

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• Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures.

  Sam Walton

  Celebrate

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.316, Bantam

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

  Sam Walton

  Believe, Commitment, Commit

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.314, Bantam

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

  Sam Walton

  Exercise, Psychology, Way

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• Do it. Try it. Fix it.

  Sam Walton

  Trying

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• Share your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners. In turn, they will treat you as a partner, and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations.

  Sam Walton

  Expectations, Together, Share

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.314, Bantam

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

  Sam Walton

  Competition, Advantage, Expenses

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.317, Bantam

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• Most everything I've done I've copied from somebody else.

  Sam Walton

  Opportunity, Done

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.47, Bantam

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• Focus on something the customer wants, and then deliver it.

  Sam Walton

  Focus, Walmart, Want

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.229, Bantam

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• You can learn from everybody.

  Sam Walton

  Walmart

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• ...You can make a positive out of most any negative if you work at it hard enough.

  Sam Walton

  Gratitude, Negative, Enough

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.39, Bantam

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• You can make a lot of mistakes and still recover if you run an efficient operation. Or you can be brilliant and still go out of business if you're too inefficient.

  Sam Walton

  Running, Mistake, Brilliant

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• I'd still say that visiting the stores and listening to our folks was one of the most valuable uses of my time as an executive. But really, our best ideas usually do come from the folks in the stores. Period.

  Sam Walton

  Opportunity, Ideas, Listening

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.293, Bantam

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• Lose your smile and lose your customers.

  Sam Walton

  Your Smile, Customers, Loses

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

  Sam Walton

  Success, Greed, Employment

  "Why Google Is Like Wal-Mart". "Wired", April 21, 2005.

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• I learned early on that one of the secrets to campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak to people coming down the sidewalk before they speak to you. I did that in college. I did it when I carried my papers. I would always look ahead and speak to the person coming toward me. If I knew them, I would call them by name, but even if I didn't I would still speak to them. Before long, I probably knew more students than anybody in the university, and they recognized me and considered me their friend.

  Sam Walton

  Leadership, College, Names

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.19, Bantam

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• Information is power, and the gain you get from empowering your associates more than offsets the risk of informing your competitor.

  Sam Walton

  Information Is Power, Empowering, Risk

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.315, Bantam

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• Job security lasts only as long as the customer is satisfied. Nobody owes anybody else a living.

  Sam Walton

  Jobs, Long, Lasts

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.234, Bantam

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• Keep everybody guessing as to what your next trick is going to be. Don't become too predictable.

  Sam Walton

  Guessing, Next, Tricks

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.315, Bantam

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

  Sam Walton

  Song, Silly, Costumes

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.316, Bantam

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

  Sam Walton

  Business, Recessions, Decided

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

  Sam Walton

  Business, Educational, Commitment

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