Zig Ziglar

A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.

Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.

Do more than you are being paid to do, and you’ll eventually be paid more for what you do.

Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet.

Selling is something we do for our clients – not to our clients.

I was afraid to show you this 300 acres that I just purchased that I’m building my first community on – my first five properties on – because I felt like it would be shut down.

Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but ‘steal’ some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.

Dream big dreams. Only big dreams have the power to move men’s souls.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word: excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

If everything’s under control, you’re going too slow.

I’m wary of what goal I set, because then I’ll have to accomplish it.

We all prospect, and don’t even know we’re doing it. When you start the dating process, you are actually prospecting for the person you want to marry. When you’re interviewing employees, you are prospecting for someone who will best fit your needs.

Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself, “Nothing is impossible!!!”

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

I only work with the best.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all-in which case, you fail by default.

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.

Fear has two meaning; ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours.