I not only knew I wanted to go into retailing, I also knew I wanted to go into business for myself.

If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever.

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

I believe in always having goals, and always setting them high.

Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Don't take yourself so seriously. Loosen up and everyone around you will loosen up. Have fun and always show enthusiasm. When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.

After a lifetime of swimming upstream, I am convinced that one of the real secrets to Wal-mart's phenomenal success has been that very tendency.

It is unhealthy to marinate in your own press clippings.