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.

The value of experimentation is not the trying. It's the trying again after the experiment fails.

Purpose does not need to involve calculations or numbers. Purpose is about the quality of life. Purpose is human, not economic.

There is a difference between offering a service and being willing to serve. They may both include giving but only one is generous.

It's better to go slowly in the right direction than go speeding off in the wrong direction.

We must be clear about where we’re going if we want anyone to help us get there.

A company and leaders of the company have the responsibility of the precious lives of all the human beings that work there.