Zig Ziglar

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.

Some people do really find fault like there’s a reward for it.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.

Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.

He climbs highest who helps another up.

Andy Andrews is the best speaker I have ever seen.

I’d rather welcome change than cling to the past.

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

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

When people are in a focused state, the words I can’t,I’ll try,I’ll do it tomorrow,and maybeget forced out of their vocabularies.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

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

Luck does not come around often. So when it does, be sure to take full advantage of it, even if it means working very hard. When luck is on your side it is not the time to be modest or timid. It is the time to go for the biggest success you can possibly achieve. That is the true meaning of thinking big.

The most important thing in life is to love what you’re doing, because that’s the only way you’ll ever be really good at it.

Whether it’s eight o’clock in the morning or eight o’clock at night, I always try to greet others before they have a chance to speak to me.

Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.

There are no guarantees, but being ready sure beats being taken by surprise.

Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

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

When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.

To learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.