Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who's going to have a great idea.

I pay low wages. I can take advantage of that. We're going to be successful, but the basis is a very low-wage, low-benefit model of employment.

Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures.

I'd hate to see any descendants of mine fall into the category of what I'd call 'idle rich' - a group I've never had much use for.

I think my constant fiddling and meddling with the status quo may have been one of my biggest contributions to the later success of Wal-Mart.

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

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.