“Several years ago on an extremely hot day, a crew of men were working on the road bed of the railroad when they were interrupted by a slow moving train. The train ground to a stop and a window in the last car— which incidentally was custom made and air conditioned—was raised. A booming, friendly voice called out, “Dave, is that you?” Dave Anderson, the crew chief called back, “Sure is, Jim, and it’s really good to see you.” With that pleasant exchange, Dave Anderson was invited to join Jim Murphy, the president of the railroad, for a visit. For over an hour the men exchanged pleasantries and then shook hands warmly as the train pulled out. Dave Anderson’s crew immediately surrounded him and expressed astonishment that he knew Jim Murphy, the president of the railroad, as a personal friend. Dave then explained that twenty-three years earlier he and Jim Murphy had started work at the railroad on the same day. One of the men, half jokingly and half seriously, asked Dave why he was still working out in the hot sun and Jim Murphy had gotten to be president. Rather wistfully, Dave explained, “Twenty-three years ago I went to work for $1.75 an hour and Jim Murphy went to work for the railroad.”
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Zig Ziglar
“You are the determining factor in your future. Don't let others be your judge and jury with their pity and negative thoughts or feeling. Know that you are here for a reason. Recognize, develop, and use the resources you do have. Others see the surface; you know your heart.”
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Zig Ziglar
“I believe Success is achieved by ordinary people with Extraordinary Determination.”
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Zig Ziglar
“desire is the catalyst that enables a person with average ability to compete and win against others with more natural talent.”
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Zig Ziglar
“You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.”
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Zig Ziglar
“There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.”
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Zig Ziglar
“If you always do what you've always done, you're always going to get what you've always gotten.”
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Zig Ziglar
“From wherever you are, you can go anywhere you want to go if you pick the right roads to travel.”
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Zig Ziglar
“But did it grow ninety feet in six weeks or was it ninety feet in five years? You think about it for a moment, and you know it was ninety feet in five years because had there been any year they did not water it and fertilize it, there would have been no Chinese bamboo tree.”
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Zig Ziglar
“A vision without a task is but a dream. A task without a vision is drudgery. But a vision and a task are the hope of the world.”
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Zig Ziglar
“If you don't pay the price for success, you'll pay the price for failure.”
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Zig Ziglar
“ان لدي سياسة ثابتة , فعندما يعرض علي اي شخص ان يدفع ثمن عشائي , فانني اسمح له بذلك .”
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Zig Ziglar
