Zig Ziglar

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.

Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.

Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.

A productive employee who is kept busy working at his or her job is far more likely to be happy at that job and less likely to look for employment elsewhere.

Husbands and wives, have fun with each other. I’m convinced it makes all the difference in the world.

Authors by the hundreds can tell you stories by the thousands of those rejection slips before they found a publisher who was willing to ‘gamble’ on an unknown.

Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously and never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop this picture!

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it.

Successful people tend to become more successful because they are always thinking about their successes.

I’m constantly amazed that owners and managers of all businesses don’t train their people to call the person who pays by credit card by name. It definitely makes the customer feel good and will be a factor in bringing them back to your place of business.

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don’t quit.

You will never know true freedom until you achieve financial freedom.

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

Whether it’s eight o’clock in the morning or eight o’clock at night, I always try to greet others before they have a chance to speak to me.

The problem is not getting rid of fear, but using it properly.

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.

You’ve got to be before you can do and do before you can have.

Seek not outside yourself for success lies within.

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

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.