Sam Walton
Sam Walton
Samuel Moore "Sam" Waltonwas an American businessman and entrepreneur best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth29 March 1918
CityKingfisher, OK
CountryUnited States of America
song silly costumes
When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
intuition hard
Capital isn't hard to find; intuition, yes.
walmart
You can learn from everybody.
unhealthy presses
It is unhealthy to marinate in your own press clippings.
retail today stills
I loved retail from the beginning, and I still love it today.
mother dad approach
One thing my and mother and dad shared completely was their approach to money - they just didn't spend it.
opportunity america cost-of-living
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 give the world an opportunity to see what it's like to save and have a better lifestyle, a better life for all. We're proud of what we've accomplished ; we've just begun.
long limits would-be
I had confidence that as long as we did our work well and were good to our customers, there would be no limit to us.
college names people
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.
business educational causes
We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.
Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.
encouragement opportunity people
There's absolutely no limit to what plain, ordinary, working people can accomplish if they're given the opportunity and encouragement to do their best.
ideas america trying
I probably have traveled and walked into more variety stores than anybody in America. I am just trying to get ideas, any kind of ideas that will help our company. Most of us don't invent ideas. We take the best ideas from someone else.
inspirational years long
I guess in all my years, what I heard more than anything else was: a mere town cannot support a discount store for very long.