Zig Ziglar

Every obnoxious act is a cry for help.

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.

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.

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

There is little you can learn from doing nothing.

Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means ‘the love of wisdom.’

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.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

If you are not personally free to be yourself in that most important of all human activities … the expression of love … then life itself loses its meaning.

Don’t take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

I was always scared to follow my dreams because if I follow my dreams and I fail, I can’t dream about it anymore. It’s easier to settle for less.

Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but ‘steal’ some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.

Never put off until tomorrow, what you can put off until the day after tomorrow.

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.

Keep on trying… each failure is one step closer to a success.

‘Someday’ is the day after you die.

Everyone deserves an equal chance at success.

I have always tried to avoid regrets. Could I have done differently some things in my career? Maybe.

When I became proficient as a salesman I was invited to teach new hires.

A good tool improves the way you work. A great tool improves the way you think.