Zig Ziglar Quotes
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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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I'm so optimistic, I'd go after Moby Dick in a rowboat and take the tartar sauce with me.
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The person who dumps garbage into your mind will do you considerably more harm than the person who dumps garbage on your floor, because each load of mind garbage negatively impacts your possibilities and lowers your expectations.
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You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
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You might occasionally feel that some people are standing in the way and slowing your progress, but in reality the biggest person standing in your way is you. Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently.
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The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches. The first one taught him the fundamentals; the second one instilled discipline in him and taught him more of the techniques that must be mastered to excel.
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Now's the best time you'll ever have in life to get ahead!
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Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.
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Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
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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.
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It's absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others.
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Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn't solve any problems.
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You are who you are and what you are because of what has gone into your mind. You can change who you are and what you are by changing what goes into your mind.
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Just saying you are better than good won't make it so. But, when you understand what it takes to live the better than good life, and you apply yourself, your life will truly be better than good.
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Desire is the ingredient that changes the hot water of mediocrity to the steam of outstanding success.
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True success has more components than one sentence or idea can contain.
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When you make a promise, keep it.
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I'm constantly amazed that owners and managers of all businesses don't train their people to call the person who pays by credit card by name. It definitely makes the customer feel good and will be a factor in bringing them back to your place of business.
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Happiness is not pleasure - it is victory.
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If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
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A man or woman is seldom happy unless he or she is sustaining him or herself and making a contribution to others.
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There is no such thing as a lazy person; he is either sick or uninspired.
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Fact: If standard of living is your number one objective, quality of life almost never improves. But if quality of life is your number one objective, standard of living invariably improves.
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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.