Zig Ziglar

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word ‘pessimist’ was not in our vocabulary at that time. It’s a modern ‘invention’ which I believe we should ‘dis-invent.’

I’ve always taught that a poor economy is the best opportunity for salespeople because the naysayers and grumblers have already given up, leaving more territory, more opportunities to be successful than in a good economy when virtually all salespeople are out there, giving it their best.

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it.

I was in that part of the class that made the top half possible.

The one thing coaches cannot tolerate… is the individual who grows arrogant because he excelled at a lower level and believes he has nothing else to learn.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

Dream big and kick ass.

When people are in a focused state, the words I can’t,I’ll try,I’ll do it tomorrow,and maybeget forced out of their vocabularies.

Priority is a function of context.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.

If you are not personally free to be yourself in that most important of all human activities … the expression of love … then life itself loses its meaning.

In today’’s rapidly changing world, the people who are not taking risk are the risk takers.

Fear is the great extinguisher of dreams… Conversely, it can be your best mentor and source of motivation.

Go as far as you can see and you will see further.

Every man, everywhere, should be free to develop his talents to their full potential – unhampered by arbitrary barriers of race or birth or income.

The best way out is always through.

The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things to compete. You can just be an ordinary person, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man…only five hundred.