Zig Ziglar

“Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it.”

“People often say motivation doesn’t last. Neither does bathing—that’s why we recommend it daily.”

“We cannot start over, but we can begin now, and make a new beginning”

“Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give him one of yours. ~”

“Life is a classroom -- only those who are willing to be lifelong learners will move to the head of the class.”

“I believe Success is achieved by ordinary people with Extraordinary Determination.”

“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.”

“If you are going to be successful, you must develop persistence. How do you do that? It is not easily condensed in one simple statement, but one thing you can be sure of is that your must define your purpose.”

“You can literally force yourself to be courteous, happy and enthusiastic with every person you meet. After you have forced yourself to be so for a short period of time...the habit takes over.”

“Dont count the things you do, do the things that count.”

“People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest.”

“We all need a daily checkup from the neck up to avoid stinkin' thinkin' which ultimately leads to hardening of the attitudes.”

“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!”

“Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.”

“It's not where you start or even what happens to you along the way that's important. What is important is that you persevere and never give up on yourself.”

“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.”

“Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation”

“Take one cup of love, two cups of loyalty, three cups of forgiveness, four quarts of faith and one barrel of laughter. Take love and loyalty and mix them thoroughly with faith; blend with tenderness, kindness and understanding. Add friendship and hope. Sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it with sunshine. Wrap it regularly with lots of hugs. Serve generous helpings daily.”

“Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there”

“Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.”

“Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable.”

“It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.”

“Go as far as you can see and you will see further.”

“You hit what you aim at, and if you aim at nothing you will hit it every time.”

“When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you”

“Optimisme yang sesungguhnya adalah menyadari masalah serta mengenali pemecahannya. Mengetahui kesulitan dan yakin bahwa kesulitan itu dapat diatasi. Melihat yang negatif, tetapi menekankan yang positif. Menghadapi yang terburuk, namun mengharapkan yang terbaik. Mempunyai alasan untuk menggerutu, tapi memilih untuk tersenyum.”

“The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for”

“Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.”

“Encouragement is the fuel on which hope runs.”

“You can succeed at almost anything for which you have unbridled enthusiasm.”

“Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.”

“Make today worth remembering.”

“Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.”

“The great majority of people are “wandering generalities” rather than “meaningful specifics”. The fact is that you can't bit a target that you can't see. If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. You have to have goals.”

“You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”

“Ask yourself a question: Is my attitude worth catching?”

“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.”

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

“Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly--until you can learn to do it well.”

“When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.”

“Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking the tartar sauce with you.”

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

“Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.”

“Some people find fault like there is a reward for it”

“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.”

“Optimists are those who go after Moby dick in a row boat with a bucket of tarter sauce.”

“You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.”

“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. If we do our best, we are a success.”

“Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.”

“Money isn’t the most important thing in life, but it’s reasonably close to oxygen on the ‘gotta have it’ scale.”