Zig Ziglar

Isn’t it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?

If you aim at nothing, you will hit every time.

The great majority of people are wandering generalities rather than meaningful specifics. The fact is that you can’t hit a target that you can’t see. If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. You have to have goals.

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

Take time to be kind and to say ‘thank you.’

Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people.

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt has been described as founder of the Bull Moose Party, the man who led his troops up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War, a big game hunter, family man, civic servant and a host of other things.

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.

If you’re going to have to swallow a frog, you don’t want to have to look at that sucker too long!

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

Relish the opportunity to be an outsider. Embrace that label – being an outsider is fine, embrace the label – because it’s the outsiders who change the world and who make a real and lasting difference.

Don’t get sidetracked. If you do get sidetracked, get back on track as soon as possible. Ultimately sidetracking kills you.

Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it.

Those who believe they can move mountains, do. Those who believe they can’t, cannot. Belief triggers the power to do.

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

Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.

Being productive gives people a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that loafing never can.

As an entrepreneur, I choose my teachers carefully, very carefully. I am extremely cautious of the people with whom I spend my time and to whom I listen.

The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

You can do it all. Don’t ever let anyone limit you. As long as you are authentic to you, do you.