Zig Ziglar

You don’t drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.

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

Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice.

You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.

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

I did not breeze in there thinking: ‘I’m going to nail this.’ My heart rate was not low when I was doing the Golden Globes. I wanted to do well. It’s very bizarre to be in a room where everybody in your audience is famous. But also: it’s an awards show!

The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.

When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.

Where you start is not as important as where you finish.

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.

Surround your mind with healthy thoughts, thoughts of faith, and not fear, and you will produce faith results instead of fear results.

You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

Business is there if you go after it.

I can’t understand why people are frightened by new ideas. I’m frightened by old ones.

lf you don’t think everyday is a great day, try going without one.

A habit is like a cable: we weave a thread of it everyday, and at last we cannot break it – so we must form good, positive, and productive habits.

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.

Courage is facing your fears. Stupidity is fearing nothing.

There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.