Sam Walton Quotes

The key to success is to focus on a few things and do them really well. – Sam Walton

High expectations are the key to everything. – Sam Walton

Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. – Sam Walton

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

The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best but legendary. – Sam Walton

We’re all working together; that’s the secret. – Sam Walton

Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. – Sam Walton

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

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

Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures. Don’t take yourself so seriously. Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up. Have fun. Show enthusiasm – always. – Sam Walton

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

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

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

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. When people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish. – Sam Walton

The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best but legendary. – Sam Walton

Focus on your customers and everything else will fall into place. – Sam Walton

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

We’re not in the business of making widgets. We’re in the business of helping our customers make their lives better. – Sam Walton

High expectations are the key to everything. – Sam Walton

I had to think hard about what a company was. It’s not so easy to define. But basically, I decided that a company is a concoction of people, capital, and ideas. – Sam Walton

If you’re in business for the money, you’re not really in business. – Sam Walton

Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. – Sam Walton

The key to success is to get out into the store and listen to what the associates have to say. – Sam Walton

Exceed your customer’s expectations. If you do, they’ll come back over and over. – Sam Walton

Give honest, sincere appreciation. – Sam Walton

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

Commit to your business. Believe in it more than anybody else. – Sam Walton

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

The key to success is to get out into the store and listen to what the associates have to say. – Sam Walton

To succeed in this world, you have to change all the time. – Sam Walton

Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures. Don’t take yourself so seriously. Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up. Have fun. Show enthusiasm – always. – Sam Walton

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

If you love your work, you’ll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you – like a fever. – Sam Walton

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. When people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish. – Sam Walton

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

We’re all working together; that’s the secret. – Sam Walton

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

No matter what your product is, you are ultimately in the education business. Your customers need to be constantly educated about the many advantages of doing business with you, trained to use your products more effectively, and taught how to make never-ending improvement in their lives. – Sam Walton

There’s 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

Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless. – Sam Walton

The more you give, the more you get. – Sam Walton

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

Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. – Sam Walton

Exceed your customer’s expectations. If you do, they’ll come back over and over. Give them what they want – and a little more. – Sam Walton

We’re not in the business of being in business. We’re in the business of making the lives of our customers better. – Sam Walton

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