Zig Ziglar

Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember – the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.

Don’t count the things you do, do the things that count.

Whether it’s eight o’clock in the morning or eight o’clock at night, I always try to greet others before they have a chance to speak to me.

Only men of character are trusted.

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

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

I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real.

Your parents leave you too soon and your kids and spouse come along late, but your siblings know you when you are in your most inchoate form. – Jeffrey Kluger

Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we’d give blood.

I had grown up without a father and that is why it was so important to me that my children would never be in need of anything.

Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway. He has to get through you first before he gets into the house to get your family. I’m one of those guys who wants to be in that door.

I’ve been a loner all the time throughout my life… I haven’t been the best father… Many times… my children have accused me of not giving them enough attention. And, frankly, I never have been good at handling that.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

A sibling represents a person’s past, present, and future.

I have not been a good father, but no father has loved his children more. Like my father, I decided the best thing I could do for my kids was work and provide. Fortunately, I’ve been able to do that. Unfortunately, my work was on the road, and that’s meant a life of one-nighters.

My father would always praise me. He always thought I was the smartest person

The pressures of being a parent are equal to any pressure on earth. To be a conscious parent, and really look to that little being’s mental and physical health is a responsibility which most of us, including me, avoid most of the time, because it’s too hard…To put it loosely, the reason why kids are crazy is because nobody can face the responsibility of bringing them up…

As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.

My grandma is probably the only person on this planet that I still remember their home number by heart

A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading him the story of Noah’s Ark.

Having lots of siblings is like having built-in best friends.