Zig Ziglar

Problem-solving becomes a very important part of our makeup as we grow into maturity or move up the corporate ladder.

Just saying you are better than good won't make it so. But, when you understand what it takes to live the better than good life, and you apply yourself, your life will truly be better than good.

Authors by the hundreds can tell you stories by the thousands of those rejection slips before they found a publisher who was willing to 'gamble' on an unknown.

If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.

The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don't bring presents.

Selling is essentially a transfer of feelings.

Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.

Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.

When you make a promise, keep it.

I was in that part of the class that made the top half possible.

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

I'm constantly amazed that owners and managers of all businesses don't train their people to call the person who pays by credit card by name. It definitely makes the customer feel good and will be a factor in bringing them back to your place of business.

New information makes new and fresh ideas possible.

If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.

Take time to be kind and to say 'thank you.'

I'm a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word 'grow.'

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.

Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.

Husbands and wives, have fun with each other. I'm convinced it makes all the difference in the world.

Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?

For 24 years of my adult life, by choice I weighed well over 200 pounds. I say 'by choice' because I have never 'accidentally' eaten anything, so when I choose to eat too much, I have chosen to weigh too much.

In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!

If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you'll never end up with a nag.

Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.

If you're going to have to swallow a frog, you don't want to have to look at that sucker too long!

New research shows that you will be dead longer than you will be alive.

Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.

Selling is something we do for our clients - not to our clients.

I'm so optimistic, I'd go after Moby Dick in a rowboat and take the tartar sauce with me.

Fact: If standard of living is your number one objective, quality of life almost never improves. But if quality of life is your number one objective, standard of living invariably improves.

Some people do really find fault like there's a reward for it.

As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.

I read for the 'ah-ha's,' the information that makes a light bulb go off in my mind. I want to put information in my mind that is going to be the most beneficial to me, my family and my fellow man - financially, morally, spiritually, and emotionally.

Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.

I've always taught that a poor economy is the best opportunity for salespeople because the naysayers and grumblers have already given up, leaving more territory, more opportunities to be successful than in a good economy when virtually all salespeople are out there, giving it their best.

The problem is not getting rid of fear, but using it properly.

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

Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt has been described as founder of the Bull Moose Party, the man who led his troops up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War, a big game hunter, family man, civic servant and a host of other things.

Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.

It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word 'pessimist' was not in our vocabulary at that time. It's a modern 'invention' which I believe we should 'dis-invent.'

There's never been a doctor who served many patients who, despite their best efforts, did not lose some of them to death. But they understood that was part of life itself.

Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our life. Consider this: If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed.

The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches. The first one taught him the fundamentals; the second one instilled discipline in him and taught him more of the techniques that must be mastered to excel.

Only men of character are trusted.

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.

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

Success must never be measured by how much money you have.

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