Zig Ziglar

The great majority of people are “wandering generalities” rather than “meaningful specifics”. The fact is that you can't bit a target that you can't see. If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. You have to have goals.

Optimists are those who go after Moby dick in a row boat with a bucket of tarter sauce.

Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.

Everybody says they want to be free. Take the train off the tracks and it’s free-but it can’t go anywhere.

When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you

If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly--until you can learn to do it well.

Failing is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night.

A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.

If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.

Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.

When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.

Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking the tartar sauce with you.

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

Take one cup of love, two cups of loyalty, three cups of forgiveness, four quarts of faith and one barrel of laughter. Take love and loyalty and mix them thoroughly with faith; blend with tenderness, kindness and understanding. Add friendship and hope. Sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it with sunshine. Wrap it regularly with lots of hugs. Serve generous helpings daily.

You cannot consistently perform in a manner which is inconsistent with the way you see yourself.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.

Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.

Go as far as you can see and you will see further.

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.

If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.

Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.

Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people.

Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.

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

Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.

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

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

The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for