Zig Ziglar

Do more than you are being paid to do, and you’ll eventually be paid more for what you do.

The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.

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

Only men of character are trusted.

Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.

You can succeed at almost anything for which you have unbridled enthusiasm.

In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved.

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.

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

Call no man unhappy until he is married.

[on Michelle] Like a lot of political spouses, the role was thrust upon her. But I always knew she’d be incredible at it, and put her own unique stamp on the job. That’s because who you see is who she is-the brilliant, funny, generous woman who, for whatever reason, agreed to marry me. I think people gravitate to her because they see themselves in her-a dedicated mom, a good friend, and someone who’s not afraid to poke a little fun at herself from time to time.

[on Michelle] A dedicated mom, a good friend, and someone who’s not afraid to poke a little fun at herself from time to time

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

My last divorce was in ’68. What made it come to a head was a promise. See, I had promised her that the next year I wouldn’t work as much. But then I got in trouble with the IRS, and I had to continue working just as much to pay the government. So she said I lied, which is something I never did.

Both marriage and death ought to be welcome: The one promises happiness, doubtless the other assures it.

If you were going to list the 100 most popular things that I have done as president. Being married to Michelle Obama is number one.

I am a black American male from Chicago, who had my rehearsal dinner at Versailles and then got married in Florence with a view of the entire city.

What Michelle has done is to remind me every day of the virtues of order.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

They that Marry for Money cannot have the true Satisfaction of Marriage; the requisite Means being wanting.