“you are what you are and where you are because of what’s gone into your mind,”
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Zig Ziglar
“Knowledge is knowing a basket, wisdom is not putting water into it.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Encouragement is the oxygen of the soul,”
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Zig Ziglar
“you were born to win, but in order to be the winner you were born to be, you have to plan to win and prepare to win before you can expect to win.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life … all areas of life.”
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Zig Ziglar
“And if you’ve got the wrong plans, I don’t care how many positive qualities you’ve got, you’re going to end up in the wrong place.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.”
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Zig Ziglar
“The seed of a bamboo tree is planted, fertilized and watered. Nothing happens for the first year. There´s no sign of growth. Not even a hint. The same thing happens - or doesn´t happen - the second year. And then the third year. The tree is carefully watered and fertilized each year, but nothing shows. No growth. No anything. For eight years it can continue. Eight years! Then - after the eight years of fertilizing and watering have passed, with nothing to show for it - the bamboo tree suddently sprouts and grows thirty feet in three months!”
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Zig Ziglar
“The real benefit of having goals is what you become by reaching them.”
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Zig Ziglar
“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
“Practice is simply preparation for success.”
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Zig Ziglar
“If you do not believe in your product or service enough to offer it to your own family and friends, then you should question the value of what you are selling.
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Zig Ziglar
“Good action today will produce good living tomorrow.”
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Zig Ziglar
“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.”
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Zig Ziglar
