Zig Ziglar

Kids instinctively know – although they will argue to the contrary – that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues.

Time well spent results in more money to spend, more money to save, and more time to vacation.

If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.

I believe success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination.

There’s never been a doctor who served many patients who, despite their best efforts, did not lose some of them to death. But they understood that was part of life itself.

True joy comes when you inspire, encourage, and guide someone else on a path that benefits him or her.

Success is dependent upon the glands – sweat glands.

I once dieted so religiously I quit eating in church.

The more goals you set, the more goals you get.

All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.

As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.

My goal is just to be respected as a man when I walk down the street with my family.

All you need to be a success is ignorance and self confidence.

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.

If you put that effort in, you’ll get what you want.

Excessive fear and self-doubt that were the greatest detractors of personal genius.

Wisdom is your perspective on life, your sense of balance, your understanding of how the various parts and principles apply and relate to each other. It embraces judgment, discernment, comprehension. It is a gestalt or oneness, and integrated wholeness.

I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.

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

I can accept failure, but I can’t accept not trying.

Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.