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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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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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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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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I'm convinced that what kids need today are parents - not buddies. They need someone who will exercise mature judgment.
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Being productive gives people a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that loafing never can.
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Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.
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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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If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you'll never end up with a nag.
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You've got to be before you can do and do before you can have.
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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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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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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 never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.
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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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In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!
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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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The world's most deadly disease is 'hardening of the attitudes.'
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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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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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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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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.