“Surround yourself with people who want the best for you and the people you love!”
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Zig Ziglar
“Optimists are those who go after Moby dick in a row boat with a bucket of tarter sauce.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Money isn’t everything , but it’s right up there with oxygen.”
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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
“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
“The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now”
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Zig Ziglar
“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they've never failed to imitate them.”
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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
“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.” —Phillips Brooks”
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Zig Ziglar
“If you have the character to hang in there when its tough, you will develop or acquire every other characteristic necessary to WIN in the game of life.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Regardless of your lot in life, build something beautiful on it.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Are you committed to a life of continual counseling, growth, and education? Are you committed to a life of consistently receiving truth, of renewing your mind? From what sources do you receive your counseling? Are you reading books by authors who speak wisdom? Are you listening to music and watching movies that have redemptive and edifying themes? Are you involved in a small group or community of people that can offer you support, guidance, and encouragement, and in which you give back that which you have been given? Do you know of professional counselors you can see when needed? Are you asking God for wisdom about life on a regular basis? (He says if you will ask, He will provide [see James 1:5–8].)”
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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
“It makes no difference where you go, there you are. And it makes no difference what you have, there’s always more to want. Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.”
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Zig Ziglar
