The best Quotes by Sam Walton

The best Quotes by Sam Walton

Samuel Moore Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) was an American business magnate best known for founding the retailer Walmart.

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
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High expectations are the key to everything.
Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures.
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When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.
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Here in Oklahoma, there's not a whole lot to do. So, a lot of your focus and attention is on basketball, which is a blessing in disguise. And this is where I wanted to end up, so I'm very happy I'm here.
Josh Giddey - February 2022
Sheldon: "Texas, Oklahoma... what's the difference?"
Meemaw: "Hey, now, I think you might want to crack open your psychology textbook 'cause that there is crazy talk."
Do you know why Oklahoma's state slogan is "Oklahoma is OK"?
Because they can't spell "mediocre".
"Why did Oklahoma raise the minimum drinking age to 25?"
"They wanted to keep alcohol out of the high schools!"
Governor is not the position to have in Oklahoma. It is the head coach of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State or Tulsa.
Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated.
They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Oklahoma - and that's pretty much the same thing.
As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.
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If you lose money you lose much,
If you lose friends you lose more,
If you lose faith you lose all.
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You know what capitalism is? Gettin' f*cked!
Tony Montana in Scarface
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Oh it's a mystery to me
You think you have to want more than you need
Eddie Vedder - Society
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Great companies are built on great products.
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In a world that's changing so quickly, you're guaranteed to fail if you don't take any risks.
Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook CEO)
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If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I'm definitely ruthless and selfish.
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is the best.
But there are mistakes that are necessary. Sometimes you have to die a little bit to get back to live a little longer.
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I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being - forgive me - rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.
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Success is all about having the confidence to shoot for something even if it seems impossible.
The secret behind success isn't as much of a secret as people think. It's pretty simple. It's working as hard as you can to accomplish what you want.
If one does not often make mistakes, then one has not challenged oneself enough.
It's not technology that makes history, but the people who invented it.
I think we can all agree Elon isn't serious and it's time to move on. I offered a real date. Dana White offered to make this a legit competition for charity. Elon won't confirm a date, then says he needs surgery, and now asks to do a practice round in my backyard instead. If Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me. Otherwise, time to move on. I'm going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously.
Mark Zuckerberg - August 2023
Virtual reality was once the dream of science fiction. But the internet was also once a dream, and so were computers and smartphones. The future is coming.
I don't pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.
You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripple for change.
We're very simple people at Apple. We focus on making the world's best products and enriching people's lives.
Starbucks has a role and a meaningful relationship with people that is not only about the coffee.
In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity, or you can pick yourself up and say, 'Listen, I have to be responsible for myself.'
You'll learn more about a road by traveling it than by consulting all the maps in the world.
The more I help others to succeed, the more I succeed.
Facebook is manipulating the public almost everywhere on Earth. That is why they won't open source their algorithm.
Elon Musk - August 2023
ChatGPT is scary good. We are not far from dangerously strong AI.
Elon Musk - December 2022
We really do believe that we can improve the world, one song at a time.
Daniel Ek (Spotify CEO)
I'm not an inventor. I just want to make things better.
Daniel Ek (Spotify CEO)
Most entrepreneurial ideas will sound crazy, stupid and uneconomic, and then they'll turn out to be right.
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If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte... ours is that the Web site adapts to the individual's taste.
Reed Hastings (Netflix CEO)
Decisiveness is the one word that makes a good manager.
The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They are here to help.
Donald Tusk (about German soldiers helping with floodings in Poland) - September 2024

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