Zig Ziglar

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.

When you are truly interested in other people, you will learn what they are interested in and if they have a need for your product. If they like you, and most people like folks who take an interest in them, they’ll help you find people who do need what you have to sell, even if they don’t.

My favorite writers are all Jews – David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark – well, you get the picture.

Take time to be kind and to say ‘thank you.’

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.

Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life – all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

The more you prospect, the more you prosper.

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.

I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple: if you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big. Most people think small, because most people are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning. And that gives people like me a great advantage.

It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character

Stumbling is not the same as falling.

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don’t quit.

Look in my eyes right now – you see no sunken place.

A new day is here. Yesterday is a memory. Tomorrow is unknown. Now is the knowing.

When you do more than you’re paid for. Eventually, you’ll be paid for more than you do.

Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.