I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.

I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this time.

Capital isn't scarce; vision is.

High expectations are the key to everything.

We're all working together; that's the secret.

Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.

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.

We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.

All that hullabaloo about somebody's net worth is just stupid, and it's made my life a lot more complex and difficult.

Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures.

Control your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive advantage.

Exceed your customer's expectations. If you do, they'll come back over and over. Give them what they want - and a little more.

Give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people.

I learned this early on in the variety business: You've got to give folks responsibility, you've got to trust them, and then you've got to check on them.

If everybody is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction.

If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever.

Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.

Maybe I was born to be a merchant, maybe it was fate. I don't know about that. But I know this for sure: I loved retail from the very beginning.

Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune.

One person seeking glory doesn't accomplish very much.

Share your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners. In turn, they will treat you as a partner, and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations.

Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.

The key to success is to get out into the store and listen to what the associates have to say.

The way management treats associates is exactly how the associates will treat the customers.

What am I supposed to haul my dogs around in, a Rolls-Royce?

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.

You can't just keep doing what works one time, everything around you is changing. To succeed, stay out in front of change.

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.

Loosen up and everybody around you will loosen up.

Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.

Share your profits with all your associates and treat them as partners. In turn they will treat you as a partner and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations.

The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best but legendary.

Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well chosen well timed sincere words of praise. Theyre absolutely free and worth a fortune.

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves its amazing what they can accomplish.

Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune.

Don't get so stuck in your ways that you can't change.

It's hardly surprising that the corporate aliens lie when it comes to the relationship between doing something about climate change and the economy.

I was first in Sydney in 1993, and have been a few times since then. For someone who didn't know Australia, it came as a shock how intelligent, interesting and funny the people were. If I lived there I might see it differently, but as a visitor it was a lot of fun.

If you're like me, I get hooked into to-do lists, you know. I'll say I checked that off. Okay, I did that. And you have all these things you're doing.

I've always been a leader my whole life. I've always led. I didn't know how to do anything else.

When you write a song, you don't ask if it's good or not, or if it's gonna sell. When you write a song, you ask whether you've reached deep inside your heart and whether it's honest.

There's a few conspiracy theories that I believe in, but not too many.

I love New York. I first came here with my Mom when I was in 9th grade. I took the subway for the first time and the doors closed between me and my Mom, and I was so scared. I could see her through the window and I didn't know what to do. I got off at the next stop and she caught up to me, but I couldn't stop crying.

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling into at night. I miss you like hell.

Conscience is no more than the dead speaking to us.

Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems trying to talk to us as if she had some great secret to tell. And so she has.

You don't need a big close as many sales Reps believe. you risk losing your customer when you save all the good stuff for the end. Keep the customer actively involved throughout your presentation, And watch your results improve.