"Somehow over the years people have gotten the impression that Wal-Mart was...just this great idea that turned into an overnight success. But...it was an outgrowth of everything we'd been doing since [1945]...And like most overnight successes, it was about twenty years in the making."

It is unhealthy to marinate in your own press clippings.

Take the best out of everything and adapt it to your needs.

High expectations is the key to everything.

Most everything I've done I've copied from somebody else.

...You can make a positive out of most any negative if you work at it hard enough.

There’s a lot more business out there in small town America than I ever dreamed of.