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.

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.

Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures.

Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score.

It was almost as if I had a right to win. Thinking like that often seems to turn into sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Capital isn't scarce; vision is.

There is only one boss. The customer.