Samuel Moore "Sam" Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club. Read full biography of Sam Walton →
Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.
I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this time.
Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.
I probably have traveled and walked into more variety stores than anybody in America.
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... →
All that hullabaloo about somebody's net worth is just stupid, and it's made my life a lot more complex and difficult.
I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
I've never been one to dwell on reverses.
What am I supposed to haul my dogs around in, a Rolls-Royce?
I don't know what would have happened to Wal-Mart if we had laid low and never stirred up the competition. My guess is that we would have... →