Quotes from Zig Ziglar

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

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

You cannot tailor make the situations in life, but you can tailor make the attitudes to fit those situations before they arise.

Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his or her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people.

Its not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you.

Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn't solve any problems.

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

In many ways, effective communication begins with mutual respect, communication that inspires, encourages others to do their best.

After every mistake, we need to understand that we can look back and learn-so that we can move forward with confidence and avoid making the same mistake again.

When we can identify a problem and face the problem with confidence and enthusiasm, the solution is on the way.

Motivation fuels the attitude that builds the Confidence necessary to sustain the Persistence.

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.

People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.

Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success.

We should never let our experience influence what we think about our potential.

Many times the difference between your accomplishment and your failure is your attitude.

it's not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet. Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

Failure doesn't come from falling down, failure comes from not getting up

Success comes in cans, failure comes in can'ts.

One reason people never attempt new things is their fear of failure.

Failure is an event, never a person; an attitude, not an outcome; a temporary inconvenience; a stepping stone. Our response to it determines just how helpful it can be.

Your faith is very important. I have done the math, and you are going to be dead a whole lot longer that you will be alive.

I am truly grateful that faith enables me to move past the question of 'Why?'