Zig Ziglar

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.

When you do more than you’re paid for. Eventually, you’ll be paid for more than you do.

Just saying you are better than good won’t make it so. But, when you understand what it takes to live the better than good life, and you apply yourself, your life will truly be better than good.

When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that’s when passion is born.

Selling is essentially a transfer of feelings.

To be candid, some people have given positive thinking a bad name. I can’t stand to hear some gung-ho individual say that with positive thinking you can just do ‘anything.’ If you think about that one for a moment, you recognize the absurdity of it.

The great majority of people are wandering generalities rather than meaningful specifics. The fact is that you can’t hit a target that you can’t see. If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. You have to have goals.

Think BIG! You are going to be thinking anyway, so think BIG!

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few.

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

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

Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.

Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give them yours.

I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.

Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.

I’ve seen more people fail because of liquor and leverage – leverage being borrowed money. You really don’t need leverage in this world much. If you’re smart, you’re going to make a lot of money without borrowing.

If you aim at nothing, you will hit every time.

Isn’t it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.

Sometimes if you’re lucky someone comes into your life who’ll take up a place in your heart no one else can fill.

What you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.