Zig Ziglar

For 24 years of my adult life, by choice I weighed well over 200 pounds. I say ‘by choice’ because I have never ‘accidentally’ eaten anything, so when I choose to eat too much, I have chosen to weigh too much.

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can’t truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.

You already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, develop and use them.

Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.

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

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.

We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret.

You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.

If you stop at general math, you’re only going to make general math money.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared, but only men of character are trusted.

Sometimes Tina Fey is like a very talented bungee-jumping expert. All it takes Tina to softly say, ‘We can do this, right?’ and I suddenly feel like I can jump off a bridge.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

What distinguishes us from one another is our dreams, and what we do to make them come about.

It’s not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.

The way to succeed is to double your error rate.

Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.

An entrepreneur’s ability to find strength when others want to run, hide, quit, or blame someone else for their failures.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

Your understanding of what you read and hear is, to a very large degree, determined by your vocabulary, so improve your vocabulary daily.