Zig Ziglar

Authors by the hundreds can tell you stories by the thousands of those rejection slips before they found a publisher who was willing to ‘gamble’ on an unknown.

We all prospect, and don’t even know we’re doing it. When you start the dating process, you are actually prospecting for the person you want to marry. When you’re interviewing employees, you are prospecting for someone who will best fit your needs.

Put all excuses aside and remember this: You are capable.

I once dieted so religiously I quit eating in church.

When you do more than you’re paid for. Eventually, you’ll be paid for more than you do.

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’s a blip, not a catastrophe.

Successful people are those who are willing to delay gratification and make sacrifices in the short term so that they can enjoy far greater rewards in the long term.

Only men of character are trusted.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Every choice you make has an end result.

In today’’s rapidly changing world, the people who are not taking risk are the risk takers.

Most people think small because they are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning.

Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.

The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man…only five hundred.

First they think you’re crazy, then they fight you, and then, all of a sudden, you change the world.

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

When you try to come for me, I keep on flourishing.

You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.

We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret.

Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.