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.

I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.

Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.

We're all working together; that's the secret.

I guess in all my years, what I heard more than anything else was: a mere town cannot support a discount store for very long.

There are only four things in life that matter. The first is happiness and I'll sell you the other three for a dollar.

Leaders must always put their people before themselves. If you do that, your business will take care of itself.