Zig Ziglar

Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our life. Consider this: If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed.

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.

We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.

You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.

Done is better than perfect.

Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight.

If you are going to dream, dream big.

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.

You’ve got to be before you can do and do before you can have.

Good things come to those who believe, better things come to those who are patient and the best things come to those who don’t give up.

It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

That one by one by one we can defuse this nuclear bomb of hate that we’re in as a society by thinking of everyone as our family.

The fact of the matter is, you don’t give up what’s natural. Anything I’ve fantasized about, I’ve done.

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.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

All great things begin with a vision … a dream.

A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.

When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.