Expenses should never exceed one percent of our purchases. Sam Walton More Quotes by Sam Walton More Quotes From Sam Walton Some families sell their stocks off a little bit at a time to live high, and then - boom - somebody takes them over, and it all goes down the drain. Sam Walton drainssellslittles I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been. Sam Walton creativityuniquesuccess I think my constant fiddling and meddling with the status quo may have been one of my biggest contributions to the later success of Wal-Mart. Sam Walton successmaythinking Capital isn't hard to find; intuition, yes. Sam Walton hardintuition It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock. Sam Walton financialpaperlittles One thing my and mother and dad shared completely was their approach to money - they just didn't spend it. Sam Walton approachdadmother It is unhealthy to marinate in your own press clippings. Sam Walton pressesunhealthy I've always been driven to buck the system. Sam Walton bucksdrivenmotivation I loved this business and this way of life, but it is time for me to pull back and focus on other things that really matter to me. Sam Walton us-news The way management treats associates is exactly how the associates will treat the customers. Sam Walton treatwillmanagementway Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune. Sam Walton wordsnothingfreepraise 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 goodyouchanceway All of us profit from being corrected - if we're corrected in a positive way. Sam Walton usbeingpositiveway 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 remained a strictly regional operator. Sam Walton lowneverknowcompetition Maybe I was born to be a merchant, maybe it was fate. I don't know about that. But I know this for sure: I loved retail from the very beginning. Sam Walton lovedbeginningbornfate I got into retailing because I wanted a real job. Sam Walton gotbecausejobreal
