Sam Walton Quotes

Communicate everything you can to your associates. The more they know, the more they care. Once they care, there is no stopping them.

I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this time.

Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who’s going to have a great idea.

Give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people.

Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures.

Individuals don’t win in business, teams do.

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

You can’t just keep doing what works one time, everything around you is changing. To succeed, stay out in front of change.

Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen,
well-timed, sincere words of praise.
They’re absolutely free and worth a fortune

I’ve never been one to dwell on reverses.

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.

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

If you want a successful business, your people must feel that you are working for them – not that they are working for you.

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

Leaders must always put their people before themselves. If you do that, your business will take care of itself.

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

If everybody is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction.