Zig Ziglar

Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.

There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.

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.

Authors by the hundreds can tell you stories by the thousands of those rejection slips before they found a publisher who was willing to ‘gamble’ on an unknown.

Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.

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?

Everyone deserves an equal chance at success.

At the still-point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.

The top salesperson in the organization probably missed more sales than 90% of the sales people on the team, but they also made more calls than the others made.

The most important thing is to know that you can do it.

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.

The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.

I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that is how we grow.

Do not attempt to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.

Hold yourself to a higher standard than anybody else expects of you.

Now’s the best time you’ll ever have in life to get ahead!

The fact of the matter is, you don’t give up what’s natural. Anything I’ve fantasized about, I’ve done.

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

Impossible is just an opinion.

He climbs highest who helps another up.