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Hilary Hinton "Zig" Ziglar (November 6 1926 β November 28 2012) was an American self-help author and speaker.
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βSuccess occurs when opportunity meets preparation.β
βFailure has been correctly identified as the line of least persistence.β
βThere is no such thing as a lazy person; he is either sick or uninspired.β
βExpect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.β
βOutstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.β
βThe most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.β
βDesire is the ingredient that changes the hot water of mediocrity to the steam of outstanding success.β
βYou can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.β
βPeople who truly understand God's purpose for their lives know that we are called to be intimately involved with one another.β
βA man or woman is seldom happy unless he or she is sustaining him or herself and making a contribution to others.β
βIf you go looking for a friend, youβre going to find theyβre very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, youβll find them everywhere.β
βYou might occasionally feel that some people are standing in the way and slowing your progress, but in reality the biggest person standing in your way is you. Others can stop you temporarily β you are the only one who can do it permanently.β
βSuccess means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting β in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard β reaching for the highest that is in us β becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.β
βGo so far as you can see and when you get there you will always be able to see farther. β¦Β as you head toward your goals, be prepared to make some slight adjustments to your course. You don't change your decision to go β you do change your direction to get there.
• p. 164; Variant: When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.β
• p. 164; Variant: When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.β
βThe usual devastating put-downs imply that a person is basically bad, rather than that he is a person who sometimes does bad things. Obviously, there is a vast difference between a "bad" person and a person who does something bad.
Besides, failure is an event, it is not a person β yesterday ended last night.
• Variant: Failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night.β
Besides, failure is an event, it is not a person β yesterday ended last night.
• Variant: Failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night.β
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Zig Ziglar on Customer 2 quotes
βStatistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.β
Zig Ziglar on Failure
Zig Ziglar on Expectations
βExpect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.β
Zig Ziglar on Preparation
βExpect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.β
Zig Ziglar on Laziness
βThere is no such thing as a lazy person; he is either sick or uninspired.β
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Zig Ziglar on Ronald Reagan
βIf we fail to instruct our children in justice, religion and liberty, we will be condemning them to a world without virtue, a life in the twilight of a civilization, where the great truths have been forgotten.β
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βDuty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.β
βLittle men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.β
About Zig Ziglar
Hilary Hinton "Zig" Ziglar (November 6 1926 β November 28 2012) was an American self-help author and speaker.