Zig Ziglar

If you want to reach a goal, you must ‘see the reaching’ in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.

Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.

You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

Since belief determines behavior, doesn’t it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?

True success has more components than one sentence or idea can contain.

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.

Private victories precede public victories. You can’t invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour, and some style.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

When you want to express yourself, a lot of times words can get in the way.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Stumbling is not the same as falling.

I am convinced after more than 50 years in the field of motivation that anyone who wants to learn to look at life and/or their circumstances in a positive light can do so.

I’m a great believer in anything that makes you 1 percent better. So I try everything. Freudian. Jungian. Est. Life Spring. Course in Miracles. Twelve Steps. I have pain from time to time. I have joy from time to time.

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.

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

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

Think BIG! You are going to be thinking anyway, so think BIG!

I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.

Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.

You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making.