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

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

I probably have traveled and walked into more variety stores than anybody in America. I am just trying to get ideas, any kind of ideas that will help our company. Most of us don't invent ideas. We take the best ideas from someone else.

The two most important words I ever wrote were on that first Wal-Mart sign, ‘Satisfaction Guaranteed’. They're still up there, and they have made all the difference.

Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.

Do it. Try it. Fix it.

There is only one boss. The customer.