I think the biggest single thing that causes difficulty in the business world is the short-term view. We become obsessed with it. But it forces bad decisions.

I say at our management conferences that the amount Wal-Mart grows in just one year is the equivalent of Costco's size.

If you've got to work for the rest of your life, you'd better do something you'll enjoy.

You just can't get too focused on worrying about what's going to happen in the next quarter. You have to worry about where the business is headed long-term.

You destroy the initiative of the working people if they don't feel they have a fighting chance to be a part of the American Dream.

We've always been in favor of improved wages for workers. When you have a strong middle class, they want to buy more stuff at Costco.

You have to worry about where the business is headed long-term.