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.

Expenses should never exceed one percent of our purchases.

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.

Don't get so stuck in your ways that you can't change.

Our best ideas come from clerks and stockboys.

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.

Commit to your business. Believe in it more than anybody else.