Timeless Sam Walton Quotes

Business and leadership quotes that are relevant today:

Some business advice is timeless. Sam Walton’s thoughts on business and the retail business are just that.

These quotes are excerpted from a 1997 Wal-Mart employee pocket calendar that I recently found in a stored box of stuff.

Enjoy

• “If we truly dedicate ourselves to instilling that thrill of merchandising — the thrill of buying and selling something at a profit — into every associate-partner, nothing can ever stop us.” Sam M. Walton
• “Commit to your business. Believe in it more than anybody else.” Sam M. Walton
• “Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.” Sam M. Walton
• “Swim Upstream. Go the other way. Ignore conventional wisdom.” Sam M. Walton
• “Day by day, think of new and more interesting ways to motivate and challenge your partners.” Sam M. Walton
• “Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.” Marcus Aurelius
• “To lower prices, we’ve got to keep finding ways to lower our costs.” Sam M. Walton
• You have to be merchandise driven. Otherwise, you become like everybody else.” Sam M. Walton
• “You affect markups and markdowns by the way that you merchandise. That’s why we prize our merchants at Wal-Mart.” David Glass