Zig Ziglar

All one needs to do is read – books, magazines, research the Internet – and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.

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

The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.

Stop selling. Start helping.

For 24 years of my adult life, by choice I weighed well over 200 pounds. I say ‘by choice’ because I have never ‘accidentally’ eaten anything, so when I choose to eat too much, I have chosen to weigh too much.

If you want to reach a goal, you must ‘see the reaching’ in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.

Winners lose much more often than losers. So if you keep losing but you’re still trying, keep it up! You’re right on track.

I was relentless, even in the face of total lack of encouragement, because much more often than you’d think, sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure.

It is better to inspire a reform than to enforce it.

I’m open and ready to go to the next place, the next level, the next height.

Genius is divine perseverance. Genius I cannot have, but perseverance all can have.

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

You would worry less about what people think, if you knew how little they did.

I’m so optimistic, I’d go after Moby Dick in a rowboat and take the tartar sauce with me.

A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don’t bring presents.

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.

True success has more components than one sentence or idea can contain.

A new day is here. Yesterday is a memory. Tomorrow is unknown. Now is the knowing.

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.

I’m a great believer in anything that makes you 1 percent better. So I try everything. Freudian. Jungian. Est. Life Spring. Course in Miracles. Twelve Steps. I have pain from time to time. I have joy from time to time.