“I recognize that winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Hope is the engine of your attitude, and your attitude determines your altitude.”
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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
“Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something that you want done because he wants to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower”
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Zig Ziglar
“La preparación y la formación incluyen tomar la información que recibes de una fuente externa y adaptarla a tu situación, aprendértela a conciencia de tal forma que pase a ser tuya, y aplicar esos procedimientos o técnicas sobre el terreno.”
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Zig Ziglar
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Are you a meaningful specific or a wandering generality ?”
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Zig Ziglar
“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”
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Zig Ziglar
“You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Everybody says they want to be free. Take the train off the tracks and it’s free-but it can’t go anywhere.”
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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
“It’s the next opportunity that keeps us motivated.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Encouragers are people who have been successful themselves. They are people who stepped up and took risks and were able to accomplish things they may not have believed possible. Encouragers are the kind of people you can share your goals with and they will encourage you to go for it. Encouragers will also share their own mistakes with you and tell you how they overcame them to achieve success.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation”
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Zig Ziglar
