Quotes from Zig Ziglar

Too many people spend more time planning how to get the job than on how to become productive and successful in that job.

Setting goals helps bring your future into your present and the present is the only time we can take action.

It is good from time to time to recall all those big and little reasons why you wanted to quit smoking in the first place. Reading this blog once in a while might also be helpful

One of the greatest disasters of our time is our universal acceptance of the word "tolerance" as a great virtue.

Time can be an ally or an enemy.

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

You can literally force yourself to be courteous, happy and enthusiastic with every person you meet. After you have forced yourself to be so for a short period of time... the habit takes over.

Even a two-car parade gets fouled up if you don't decide ahead of time who's going to lead.

If you don't have time to invest in a goals program is it possible that you don't have time because you don't have a goals program?

You can get anything you want in this life if you help enough other people get what they want.

Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there

He climbs highest who helps another up.

I took up an offer for me to lose 30 pounds in 30 days. It worked. I lost 30 days!

A productive employee who is kept busy working at his or her job is far more likely to be happy at that job and less likely to look for employment elsewhere.

People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.

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

I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.

I'm convinced that what kids need today are parents - not buddies. They need someone who will exercise mature judgment.

The one thing coaches cannot tolerate... is the individual who grows arrogant because he excelled at a lower level and believes he has nothing else to learn.

There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.

What you do off the job plays a major role in how far you go on the job. How many good books, do you read each year? How often do you attend workshops? Who do you spend must of your time with?

When you're grieving that's not the time to be brave or strong, you need to let it show

Take time to be quiet.

When you break goal into increment and start controlling your time, things begin to happen.