Zig Ziglar

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

At 25, I was in the audience of my first professional speaker, Bob Bales. His presentation got my attention. I had never seen anyone having so much fun ‘at work’ and getting paid for it!

How you see the future is much more important than what happened in your past.

Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice.

Look back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion, and up with gratitude.

Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our life. Consider this: If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed.

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

One thing a lot of people don’t know about me is that I’m a driver… I love driving.. I’m driven.

Relish the opportunity to be an outsider. Embrace that label – being an outsider is fine, embrace the label – because it’s the outsiders who change the world and who make a real and lasting difference.

The greatest cause of a poor image is the absence of unconditional love.

In God we trust; all others bring data.

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

When you do your best to live out your dreams, you inspire others to do the same.

I’ve always taught that a poor economy is the best opportunity for salespeople because the naysayers and grumblers have already given up, leaving more territory, more opportunities to be successful than in a good economy when virtually all salespeople are out there, giving it their best.

As an entrepreneur, I choose my teachers carefully, very carefully. I am extremely cautious of the people with whom I spend my time and to whom I listen.

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.

Watch, listen, and learn. You can’t know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.

We cannot start over, but we can begin now and make a new ending.

Projecting your mind into a successful situation is the most powerful means to achieve goals.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.