14 Quotes & Sayings By Sam Walton

Sam Walton was a visionary owner of the Wal-Mart chain of discount stores. He was a business inventor and innovator who created a new retailing model based on selling high quality merchandise at low prices. His life's work inspired millions of others to start their own businesses and save money on essential needs. He passed away in 1992, leaving his family business to be run by his son, John S Read more

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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
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We're all working together that's the secret. Sam Walton
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There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else. Sam Walton
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Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Sam Walton
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Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures. Sam Walton
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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
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If everybody is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction. Sam Walton
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Give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people. Sam Walton
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High expectations are the key to everything. Sam Walton
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I learned early on that one of the secrets of campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak to people coming down the sidewalk before they speak to you. 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. Sam Walton
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All of us profit from being corrected - if we're corrected in a positive way. Sam Walton
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I learned this early on in the variety business: You've got to give folks responsibility, you've got to trust them, and then you've got to check on them. Sam Walton
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. Sam Walton