Zig Ziglar

I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don’t misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.

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

The greatest cause of a poor image is the absence of unconditional love.

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

If you want to reach a goal, you must ‘see the reaching’ in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.

Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

There is no substitute for hard work.

I read the paper every day and the Bible every day; that way I know what both sides are up to.

The world moves along at such a fast clip that we have little patience when things are slow, whether it’s the line at a supermarket or Internet access. We’ve become intolerant of those things that cannot be accelerated or skipped entirely. I can’t speed up the foundation work for a building, nor can I expect to play piano like Glenn Gould just because I want to.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

It is surprinsingly how easy it is to forget that the way to get things done is to do them.

The ability to manage well doesn’t make much difference if you’re not even in the right jungle.

The successful entrepreneur’s unique ability to turn trying times into triumphs.

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

The uniform, constant and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition … is frequently powerful enough to maintain the natural progress of things toward improvement, in spite both of the extravagance of government, and of the greatest errors of administration … surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations.

Be so good they can’t ignore you.

Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.

It’s a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.

At the still-point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.