Zig Ziglar

Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.

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.

You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.

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

You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.

I’m constantly amazed that owners and managers of all businesses don’t train their people to call the person who pays by credit card by name. It definitely makes the customer feel good and will be a factor in bringing them back to your place of business.

No matter where you are in life, you’ll save a lot of time by not worrying too much about what other people think about you. The earlier in your life that you can learn that, the easier the rest of it will be.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that’s more productive.

Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.

Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don’t have the balls to live in the real world.

There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.

People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Risk-taking is the cornerstone of empires.

It was incredible because it was forced humility. Previously, I would’ve looked at humility as more of a negative thing.

New information makes new and fresh ideas possible.

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

Be so good they can’t ignore you.

Do not let anyone tell you it cannot be done. No challenge can match the heart and fight and spirit of America. We will not fail. Our country will thrive and prosper again.