Zig Ziglar

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

Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.

Go as far as you can see and you will see further.

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

Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.

I believe it’s important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.

Go as far as you can see and you will see further.

Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.

How you see the future is much more important than what happened in your past.

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

A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one’s heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few.

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

Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.

I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

And if it can’t be fun, what’s the point?

In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!

Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.