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.

Curiosity doesn't kill the cat; it kills the competition.

Control your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive advantage.

The key to success is to get out into the store and listen to what the associates have to say. It's terribly important for everyone to get involved. Our best ideas come from clerks and stockboys.

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.

To succeed in this world, you have to change all the time.

Lose your smile and lose your customers.