Zig Ziglar

You can succeed at almost anything for which you have unbridled enthusiasm.

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.’

Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now.

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

It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.

Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.

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

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour, and some style.

If you want to be rich… don’t allow yourself the luxury of excuses.

Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us, and a new beauty waiting to be born.

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.

Excellence is attained when you care more than others think is wise; risk more than others think is safe; dream more than others think is practical; expect more than others think is possible.

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.

Wally Amos is the classic example of a man who gets up again and again.

The fact of the matter is, you don’t give up what’s natural. Anything I’ve fantasized about, I’ve done.

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

The real risk is doing nothing.

Public behavior is merely private character writ large.

All of our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.