The abundant life doesn't happen by accident. It is the result of doing specific things purposefully every day and it requires an investment of time, energy and effort.

The sharper the arrow the quicker the hunt.

We prove the value we attach to things by the time we devote to them.

Our last Army posting was in Salt Lake City, and I went to the library there and checked out every book on retailing. I also spent a lot of my off-duty time studying ZCMI, the Mormon Church's department store out there, just figuring that when I got back to civilian life I would somehow go into the department store business

our main real estate effort should be directed at getting out in front of expansion and letting the population build out to us. Just like in the beginning, we start around these small towns, people drive past our stores, get to know us, and become customers.

I was impressed with the giant Carrefours stores in Brazil, which got me started on a campaign to bring home a concept called Hypermart—giant stores with groceries and general merchandise under one roof.

Antiochus shall act prosperously according to his mental perception, and shall be so assisted by' his craftiness, as to obtain whatever he shall grasp at.

You can only become great at something you are willing to sacrifice for

Showing up is not all of life - but it counts for a lot.

It seems to me probable that of all our economic life the element on which we are inclined to place too low an estimate is advertising.

Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hope that the cow will back up to them.

The most unhappy people in the world are those who face the days without knowing what to do with their time. But if you have more projects than you have time for, you are not going to be an unhappy person. This is as much a question of having imagination and curiosity as it is of actually making plans.