Zig Ziglar

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

“Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.”

“Isn't it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?”

“You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.”

“If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.”

“I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.”

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

“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.”

“I'm a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word 'grow.'”

“Dreams grow if you grow.”

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

“Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?”

“It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.”

“Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.”

“Remember that failure is an event, not a person.”

“If my life has had a theme, I suppose it has been a typical American theme in that, for most of it, I have been looking for happiness and success.”

“Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.”

“People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.”

“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.”

“Money is not the most important thing, but when you need it, there are few substitutes. So while I like the things money can buy, I love what money won't buy. It bought me a house but it won't buy me a home. It would buy me a companion but it won't buy me a friend.”

“You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.”