Zig Ziglar

If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.

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.’

Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand-new day.

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

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

The right quote can inspire people to change their ways.

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

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

A good tool improves the way you work. A great tool improves the way you think.

You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.

You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.

Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

Good things come to those who believe, better things come to those who are patient and the best things come to those who don’t give up.

Maybe I shouldn’t have these dreams and aspirations. Maybe I should have given up on life ten years ago and stopped fighting for my truth.

Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Never stop fighting for what you believe in and for the people who care about you.

It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.

Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.

Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.

Seek first to understand and then to be understood.