GREAT QUOTES OF 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
“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, Sam Walton: Made In America
“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, Sam Walton: Made In America
“High expectations are the key to everything.” ― Sam Walton
“I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.” ― Sam Walton
“What we guard against around here is people saying, ‘Let’s think about it.’ We make a decision. Then we act on it.” ― Sam Walton, Sam Walton: Made In America
“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
“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
“Every time Wal-Mart spends one dollar foolishly, it comes right out of our customers’ pockets. Every time we save them a dollar, that puts us one more step ahead of the competition—which is where we always plan to be.” ― Sam Walton, Sam Walton: Made In America
“I don’t think any other retail company in the world could do what I’m going to propose to you. It’s simple. It won’t cost us anything. And I believe it would just work magic, absolute magic on our customers, and our sales would escalate, and I think we’d just shoot past our Kmart friends in a year or two and probably Sears as well. I want you to take a pledge with me. I want you to promise that whenever you come within ten feet of a customer, you will look him in the eye, greet him, and ask him if you can help him. Now I know some of you are just naturally shy, and maybe don’t want to bother folks. But if you’ll go along with me on this, it would, I’m sure, help you become a leader. It would help your personality develop, you would become more outgoing, and in time you might become manager of that store, you might become a department manager, you might become a district manager, or whatever you choose to be in the company. It will do wonders for you. I guarantee it. Now, I want you to raise your right hand—and remember what we say at Wal-Mart, that a promise we make is a promise we keep—and I want you to repeat after me: From this day forward, I solemnly promise and declare that every time a customer comes within ten feet of me, I will smile, look him in the eye, and greet him. So help me Sam.” ― Sam Walton, Sam Walton: Made In America
“He proved that people can be motivated. The mountain is there, but somebody else has already climbed it.” ― Sam Walton, Sam Walton: Made In America