Sam Walton Quotes

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 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

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

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

Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures.

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

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