Sam Walton Quotes

We're all working together that's the secret.

~ 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

Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.

~ Sam Walton

Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures.

~ 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

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

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

~ Sam Walton

High expectations are the key to everything.

~ Sam Walton

I learned early on that one of the secrets of campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak to people coming down the sidewalk before they speak to you. 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.

~ Sam Walton

All of us profit from being corrected - if we're corrected in a positive way.

~ 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

Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.

~ Sam Walton