Zig Ziglar

Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.

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.

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember – the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.

I read the paper every day and the Bible every day; that way I know what both sides are up to.

Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

How about dreaming out loud? How about feeling that something can happen to make the world better and inspire people? Is that OK for one second?

A person with a clear purpose will make progress on even the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress even on the smoothest road.

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.

One does not always do the best there is. One does the best one can. – Catherine the Great

We hear tears loudly on this side of Heaven. What we don’t take time to contemplate are the even louder cheers on the other side of death’s valley.

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.

Being productive gives people a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that loafing never can.

If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.

Luck does not come around often. So when it does, be sure to take full advantage of it, even if it means working very hard. When luck is on your side it is not the time to be modest or timid. It is the time to go for the biggest success you can possibly achieve. That is the true meaning of thinking big.

Now’s the best time you’ll ever have in life to get ahead!

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.

I believe success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination.