Sam Walton

"Commit to your business. Believe in it more than anybody else."

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

"High expectations are the key to everything."

"Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures."

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

"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."

"Capital isn't scarce; vision is."

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

"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."

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

"Each Walmart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community."