“being a winner is much different from having the potential to win. Everyone has the potential; it’s what you do with that potential that really matters.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Money isn’t everything , but it’s right up there with oxygen.”
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Zig Ziglar
“The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.”
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Zig Ziglar
“I recognize that winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Most people have heard of Mahatma Gandhi, the man who led India to independence from British rule. His life has been memorialized in books and film, and he is regarded as one of the great men in history. But did you know Gandhi did not start out as a great hero? He was born into a middle-class family. He had low self-esteem, and that made him reluctant to interact with others. He wasn’t a very good student, either, and he struggled just to finish high school. His first attempt at higher education ended in five months. His parents decided to send him to England to finish his education, hoping the new environment would motivate him. Gandhi became a lawyer. The problem when he returned to India was that he didn’t know much about Indian law and had trouble finding clients. So he migrated to South Africa and got a job as a clerk. Gandhi’s life changed one day while riding on a train in South Africa in the first-class section. Because of his dark skin, he was forced to move to a freight car. He refused, and they kicked him off the train. It was then he realized he was afraid of challenging authority, but that he suddenly wanted to help others overcome discrimination if he could. He created a new vision for himself that had value and purpose. He saw value in helping people free themselves from discrimination and injustice. He discovered purpose in life where none had existed previously, and that sense of purpose pulled him forward and motivated him to do what best-selling author and motivational speaker Andy Andrews calls “persist without exception.” His purpose and value turned him into the winner he was born to be,”
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Zig Ziglar
“You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”
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Zig Ziglar
“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/her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Anyone with a Purpose Can Make a Difference”
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Zig Ziglar
“People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest.”
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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
“you can start from where you are with what you’ve got and go to where it is you want to go.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Most men go to their graves with their dreams still inside them”
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Zig Ziglar