If you're interested in a book that will steadily grow and sell for a very long time, I promise you I will give you that.

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.

Pure pragmatism can't imagine a bold future. Pure idealism can't get anything done. It is the delicate blend of both that drives innovation.

Being driven is not the same as being passionate. Passion is a love for the journey. Drive is a need to reach the destination.

Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates.

When you show up to speak publically, you have to show up to give. You always know the ones who do and the ones who don't.

I never set out to do the things I'm doing now.