Zig Ziglar

You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.

Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life – all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.

If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.

I read for the ‘ah-ha’s,’ the information that makes a light bulb go off in my mind. I want to put information in my mind that is going to be the most beneficial to me, my family and my fellow man – financially, morally, spiritually, and emotionally.

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

Don’t count the things you do, do the things that count.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

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

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

True joy comes when you inspire, encourage, and guide someone else on a path that benefits him or her.

Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but ‘steal’ some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.

You are what you think about all day long.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

Business is there if you go after it.

Everyone lives by selling something.

Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don’t have the balls to live in the real world.

If you can eliminate all the other choices, the remaining choice, no matter how improbable, is the answer.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

Difficulties break some men but make others.

Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.