Zig Ziglar

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.’

Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it.

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

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

Stop selling. Start helping.

There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.

All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind.

Focus is essential to success, and successful people are people who can focus.

Happiness is the ability to move forward knowing the future will be better than the past.

As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole–the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives — you’ll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration. We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.

Difficulties break some men but make others.

I read for the ‘ah-ha’s,’ the information that makes a light bulb go off in my mind. I want to put information in my mind that is going to be the most beneficial to me, my family and my fellow man – financially, morally, spiritually, and emotionally.

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.’

Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will.

You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want.

As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.

The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for.

The mind that opens to a new idea never comes back to its original size.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen.

It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.