Zig Ziglar

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

New research shows that you will be dead longer than you will be alive.

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.

My favorite writers are all Jews – David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark – well, you get the picture.

Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.

Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

I’m constantly amazed that owners and managers of all businesses don’t train their people to call the person who pays by credit card by name. It definitely makes the customer feel good and will be a factor in bringing them back to your place of business.

You can start where you are with what you’ve got and go to wherever it is you want to go.

Decide what you want, and decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

Selling is something we do for our clients – not to our clients.

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.

I’m wary of what goal I set, because then I’ll have to accomplish it.

He who thinks he leads, but has no followers, is only taking a walk.

If you’re proactive, you don’t have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.

Procastination is not about not doing is about not doing and feeling crappy.

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

Don’t let mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future.

If you are going to dream, dream big.

Make every day extraordinary no matter what your job is.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.