Zig Ziglar

There is little you can learn from doing nothing.

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

Selling is essentially a transfer of feelings.

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

He climbs highest who helps another up.

Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they’ll be there for you.

Wally Amos is the classic example of a man who gets up again and again.

I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don’t hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.

Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.

Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people’s lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure.

Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior.

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

Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

People are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves. That is why they remain bound.

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

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

You can start where you are with what you’ve got and go to wherever it is you want to go.

Being comfortable can hurt your creative entrepreneurial spirit.

Fact: If standard of living is your number one objective, quality of life almost never improves. But if quality of life is your number one objective, standard of living invariably improves.

“Success in life is knowing the difference between ham and eggs; the chicken’s involved, the pig is committed.”

Focus on what you can control: your actions. How you react to negative feelings will be the key to your success.