“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
“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
“All of us perform better and more willingly when we know why we're doing what we have been told or asked to do.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Success is one thing you can’t pay for. You buy it on the installment plan and make payments every day.
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Zig Ziglar
“I hear and forget. I see and hear and I remember. However, when I see, hear and do, I understand and succeed.”
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Zig Ziglar
“What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth. The passions are not stronger, but the control over them is weaker. They are more easily excited; they are more violent and apparent, but they have less energy, less durability, less intense and concentrated power than in mature life.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there”
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Zig Ziglar
“A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.”
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Zig Ziglar
“When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you”
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Zig Ziglar
“You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great”
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Zig Ziglar
“Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough.”
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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
“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
“Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.”
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Zig Ziglar
