Wal-Mart's size and scale is so vast they literally have the ability to change the face of the entire country. If Wal-Mart were to make a decision tomorrow to refuse to sell a single product made with partially hydrogenated oils, for example, we'd probably see rates from heart disease decline a few years later. That's how powerful Wal-Mart is.

Achievement happens when we pursue and attain what we want. Success comes when we are in clear pursuit of Why we want it.

If you help one person in the room, you're an abject failure. You have to change something.

Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first, to put themselves at personal risk to open a path for others to follow.

Leadership is neither a rank nor a title. It is a choice. The choice to provide care and protection for those for whom we are responsible.

The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when.

Most people ignore opportunities because they see only danger. Entrepreneurs ignore danger because they see only opportunities.