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Sam Walton was an entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is best known for founding Walmart, the largest retailer in the world.
He was born on March 29th and founded Walmart in 1962, and it quickly became famous for its low prices with a wide selection of products. Walton died on April 5th, 1992, at age 74 due to bone cancer.
Being a self-made tycoon, he never forgot where he came from. Even when he was at the height of his success, he never lost sight of what was most important to him; his family and hard work. His consistent work ethic helped shape Walmart’s corporate culture, and it can be seen in both Walton’s own life and that of its current CEO Doug John Furner.
Here are some of his most inspiring quotes that will help you find your entrepreneurial spirit and help you on your path to achieving your dreams!
49 Most Inspiring Sam Walton Quotes
“Focus on something the customer wants, and then deliver it.” ― Sam Walton
“The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best, but legendary.” ― Sam Walton
“I remember one time I didn’t want to spend any money on motels so we all slept in sleeping bags on the floor of one of our guy’s house. His furniture hadn’t gotten there yet.” ― Sam Walton
“I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this time.” ― Sam Walton
“The key to success is to get out into the store and listen to what the associates have to say.” ― Sam Walton
“You can learn from everybody.” ― Sam Walton
“Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures.” ― Sam Walton
“If you get one good idea, that’s one more than you went into the store with, and we must try to incorporate it into our company.” ― Sam Walton
“Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction.” ― Sam Walton
“If you don’t listen to your customers, someone else will.” ― Sam Walton
“When somebody made a mistake – whether it was myself or anybody else – we talked about it, admitted it, tried to figure out how to correct it, and then moved on to the next day’s work.” ― Sam Walton
“Many of our best opportunities were created out of necessity.” ― Sam Walton
“I’d hate to see any descendants of mine fall into the category of what I’d call ‘idle rich’ – a group I’ve never had much use for.” ― Sam Walton
“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.” ― Sam Walton
“Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Don’t take yourself so seriously. Loosen up and everyone around you will loosen up. Have fun and always show enthusiasm. When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.” ― Sam Walton
“High expectations are the key to everything.” ― Sam Walton
“We’re all working together; that’s the secret.” ― 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
“Commit to your business. Believe in it more than anybody else.” ― Sam Walton
“All of us profit from being corrected – if we’re corrected in a positive way.” ― Sam Walton
“To succeed in this world, you have to change all the time.” ― Sam Walton
“Share your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners. In turn, they will treat you as a partner, and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations.” ― Sam Walton
“Set high goals.” ― Sam Walton
“Most of us don’t invent ideas. We take the best ideas from someone else.” ― Sam Walton
“Everything I’ve done I’ve copied from somebody else—and” ― Sam Walton
“…You can make a positive out of most any negative if you work at it hard enough.” ― Sam Walton
“Capital isn’t scarce; vision is.” ― Sam Walton
“Take the best out of everything and adapt it to your needs.” ― Sam Walton
“Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.” ― 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
“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.” ― Sam Walton
“I learned a long time ago that exercising your ego in public is definitely not the way to build an effective organization.” ― 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 are only four things in life that matter. The first is happiness and I’ll sell you the other three for a dollar.” ― 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
“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
“Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who’s going to have a great idea.” ― Sam Walton
“Don’t get so stuck in your ways that you can’t change.” ― Sam Walton
“You can make a positive out of the most negative if you work at it hard enough.” ― 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
“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
“Control your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive advantage.” ― Sam Walton
“Individuals don’t win in business, teams do.” ― Sam Walton
“It is a story about entrepreneurship, and risk, and hard work, and knowing where you want to go and being willing to do what it takes to get there. And it’s a story about believing in your idea even when maybe some other folks don’t, and about sticking to your guns.” ― Sam Walton
“You can’t just keep doing what works one time, everything around you is changing. To succeed, stay out in front of change. “ Sam Walton
“Give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people.” ― 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
“If I had to single out one element in my life that has made a difference for me, it would be a passion to compete.” ― Sam Walton
“It was almost as if I had a right to win. Thinking like that often seems to turn into sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy.” ― Sam Walton
