Zig Ziglar

Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.

Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.

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.’

Encouragement is the fuel on which hope runs.

It’s not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.

Only men of character are trusted.

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.

This is my first marriage. Beforehand, I was living in sin.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

[on Michelle] A dedicated mom, a good friend, and someone who’s not afraid to poke a little fun at herself from time to time

A man’s friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage – but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity?

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.

Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.

It is a woman’s business to get married as soon as possible, and a man’s to keep unmarried as long as he can.

He didn’t dare to, because his father had a weak heart and habitually threatened to drop dead if anybody hurt his feelings. You may have noticed that people with weak hearts are the tyrants of English married life.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.

If you were going to list the 100 most popular things that I have done as president. Being married to Michelle Obama is number one.