I fly myself everywhere. I like all kinds of flying, including practical flying for search and rescue. And I also like to fly into the backcountry, usually the Frank Church Wilderness in Idaho. I go with a group of friends, and we set up camp for about five days and explore little dirt strips and canyons. - Harrison Ford
Information is power, and the gain you get from empowering your associates more than offsets the risk of informing your competitor. - Sam Walton
If I had to single out one element in my life that has made a difference for me, it would be a passion to compete. - Sam Walton
I pay low wages. I can take advantage of that. We're going to be successful, but the basis is a very low-wage, low-benefit model of employment. - Sam Walton
Control your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive advantage. - Sam Walton
Job security lasts only as long as the customer is satisfied. Nobody owes anybody else a living. - Sam Walton
I'd still say that visiting the stores and listening to our folks was one of the most valuable uses of my time as an executive. But really, our best ideas usually do come from the folks in the stores. Period. - Sam Walton
You can make a lot of mistakes and still recover if you run an efficient operation. Or you can be brilliant and still go out of business if you're too inefficient. - Sam Walton
Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community. - Sam Walton
I had confidence that as long as we did our work well and were good to our customers, there would be no limit to us. - Sam Walton
Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score. - Sam Walton
I think I overcame every single one of my personal shortcomings by the sheer passion I brought to my work. I don't know if you're born with this kind of passion, or if you can learn it. But I do know you need it. - Sam Walton
Somehow over the years people have gotten the impression that Wal-Mart was...just this great idea that turned into an overnight success. But...it was an outgrowth of everything we'd been doing since [1945]...And like most overnight successes, it was about twenty years in the making. - Sam Walton
The biggest issue that small businesses face involves working capital, because they have to pay for everything upfront.
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