Zig Ziglar

When there is no job related stress, you are more aware of your mate and children, if you are a parent.

The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling.

Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.

It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you use that makes a difference.

Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.

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

If you want to be rich… don’t allow yourself the luxury of excuses.

The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.

In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment-independent will-that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices and decisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habits and to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

Sometimes understanding other people’s problems is the key to finding opportunities.

Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.

Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that’s more productive.

Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That’s success.

You’ll find out that nothing that comes easy is worth a dime. As a matter of fact, I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face. Never.

If you want to earn more, learn more.

The greatest cause of a poor image is the absence of unconditional love.

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

Risk-taking is the cornerstone of empires.

To give away money is an easy matter, and in any man’s power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man’s power, nor an easy matter. Hence it is that such excellence is rare, praiseworthy, and noble.