Zig Ziglar

Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.

Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people.

You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.

Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means ‘the love of wisdom.’

You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.

Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

You will have failures in your life, but it is what you do during those valleys that will determine the heights of your peaks.

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now.

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing, not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the quality of their relationships with others.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

Don’t be trapped by dogma-which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

There were no role models, there were no other people I knew who were dealing with the same issues that I was dealing with. I had no idea if this was a stage I was going through or not. But I go to the draft board in Brooklyn and I fill out the form and there was a question that said ‘Do you have homosexual tendencies?’ and I check yes. But where-ever I was on line I’d see people I went to high school with and I was afraid of anyone knowing this about me so I kept on falling back into line and falling back into line. If you said you had homosexual tendencies they sent you to a psychiatrist. He said ‘I see here you’ve checked the box?’ And I said ‘yup’. He said ‘So do you think you’d have a problem serving in the armed forces?’ I said well you know ‘So many men.’ And I was out of the service.