Zig Ziglar Quotes
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A productive employee who is kept busy working at his or her job is far more likely to be happy at that job and less likely to look for employment elsewhere.
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Being productive gives people a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that loafing never can.
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If your watch is slow by just four minutes, that's not much - unless you've been warned that if you're even one minute late ever again you will be fired. Then four minutes make a big difference.
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I'm convinced that what kids need today are parents - not buddies. They need someone who will exercise mature judgment.
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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.
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For 24 years of my adult life, by choice I weighed well over 200 pounds. I say 'by choice' because I have never 'accidentally' eaten anything, so when I choose to eat too much, I have chosen to weigh too much.
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Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.
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If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you'll never end up with a nag.
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Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
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Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
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Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.
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You've got to be before you can do and do before you can have.
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I read for the 'ah-ha's,' the information that makes a light bulb go off in my mind. I want to put information in my mind that is going to be the most beneficial to me, my family and my fellow man - financially, morally, spiritually, and emotionally.
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If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.
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It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word 'pessimist' was not in our vocabulary at that time. It's a modern 'invention' which I believe we should 'dis-invent.'
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You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.
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The world's most deadly disease is 'hardening of the attitudes.'
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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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.
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Husbands and wives, have fun with each other. I'm convinced it makes all the difference in the world.
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In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!
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When you give directives to a child, especially a teenager, you must consider the nature of your child.
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Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
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I'm so optimistic, I'd go after Moby Dick in a rowboat and take the tartar sauce with me.