Bentonville, AR…Samuel Moore Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) The father of Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart was a different and many would say better company with him at the helm.

“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.”

“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.”

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

“It was almost as if I had a right to win. Thinking like that often seems to turn into sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy.”

“Many of our best opportunities were created out of necessity.”

“High expectations are the key to everything.”

“Capital isn’t scarce; vision is.”