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
two differences important
The two most important words I ever wrote were on that first Wal-Mart sign, ‘Satisfaction Guaranteed’. They're still up there, and they have made all the difference.
swim way conventional-wisdom
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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.
wanted retailing
I not only knew I wanted to go into retailing, I also knew I wanted to go into business for myself.
senior teamwork jobs
The job of senior management is to cultivate an environment where store managers can learn from the market and from each other.
retail today stills
I loved retail from the beginning, and I still love it today.
paper littles financial
It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.
everyday mind get-up
I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.
passion thinking needs
I think I overcame every single one of my personal shortcomings by the sheer passion I brought to my work. I don't know if you're born with this kind of passion, or if you can learn it. But I do know you need it.
inspirational care stopping
Communicate everything you can to your associates. The more they know, the more they care. Once they care, there is no stopping them.
success thinking may
I think my constant fiddling and meddling with the status quo may have been one of my biggest contributions to the later success of Wal-Mart.
gratitude negative enough
...You can make a positive out of most any negative if you work at it hard enough.
work secret together
We're all working together; that's the secret.
america towns small-town
There’s a lot more business out there in small town America than I ever dreamed of.