Zig Ziglar Quotes

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 A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could, because someone else thought they could  A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.  A plan is always successful if the plan is good.  A productive employee who is kept busy working at his or her job is far more likely to be happy at that job and less likely to look for employment elsewhere.  Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there

 Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination The best is yet to come  Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart  Anyone with a Purpose Can Make a Difference  Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well  As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others  Ask yourself a question: Is my attitude worth catching?  At 25, I was in the audience of my first professional speaker, Bob Bales His presentation got my attention I had never seen anyone having so much fun 'at work' and getting paid for it!  Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice  Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude

 Authors by the hundreds can tell you stories by the thousands of those rejection slips before they found a publisher who was willing to 'gamble' on an unknown  Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now  Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn't solve any problems  Be helpful when you see a person without a smile, give them yours  Be there for your kids Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you  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  Being productive gives people a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that loafing never can  Building a better you is the first step in building a better America

 By altering our attitudes we can alter our lives  Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you  Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life  Desire is created when something happens in your life that suddenly changes the way you see yourself in relationship to your future  desire is the catalyst that enables a person with average ability to compete and win against others with more natural talent  Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success  Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it  Do more than you are being paid to do, and you'll eventually be paid more for what you do  Do not be distracted by criticism Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you  Do not become a wandering generality Be a meaningful specific

 Do not count the things you do Do the things that count  Don’t become a wandering generality Be a meaningful specific  Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully  Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet  encouragement and hope are the two most powerful qualities any person can provide to others  Encouragement is the fuel on which hope runs  Every choice you make has an end result  Every obnoxious act is a cry for help  Every sale has 5 basic obstacles: need, money, hurry, desire, trust  Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust  Everybody says they want to be free Take the train off the tracks and it’s free-but it can’t go anywhere

 Expect the best Prepare for the worst Capitalize on what comes  Fact: If standard of living is your number one objective, quality of life almost never improves But if quality of life is your number one objective, standard of living invariably improves  Failing is an event, not a person Yesterday ended last night  Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street  F-E-A-R has two meanings: 'Forget Everything And Run' or 'Face Everything And Rise' The choice is yours  Fear is faith in reverse  few sincere words can have an impact on a life  For 24 years of my adult life, by choice I weighed well over 200 pounds I say 'by choice' because I have never 'accidentally' eaten anything, so when I choose to eat too much, I have chosen to weigh too much

 For every sale you miss because you were too enthusiastic, you'll miss a hundred because you weren't enthusiastic enough  Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our life Consider this: If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed  From wherever you are, you can go anywhere you want to go if you pick the right roads to travel  Get up again and again  Getting knocked down in life is a given Getting up and moving forward is a choice  Go as far as you can see and you will see further  Go as far as you can see When you get there, you'll be able to see farther  Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too  Good action today will produce good living tomorrow  Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions The more you express gratitude for

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what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for He climbs highest who helps another up Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur Hope is the engine of your attitude, and your attitude determines your altitude How Many Marriages Would Be Better If the Husband and the Wife Clearly Understood That They're On the Same Side? How you see your future is much more important than what happened in your past Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day Husbands and wives, have fun with each other I am convinced it makes all the difference in the world

 I am a constant learner You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow And I emphasize the word 'grow'  I am an expert in Higher Level Math You + God= Enough  I am constantly amazed that owners and managers of all businesses Do not train their people to call the person who pays by credit card by name It definitely makes the customer feel good and will be a factor in bringing them back to your place of business  I am convinced that what kids need today are parents - not buddies They need someone who will exercise mature judgment  I am not gonna give up, shut up, or let up as a matter of fact, I am just getting warmed up  I believe It is important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved  I believe Success is achieved by ordinary people with Extraordinary Determination

 I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life You CANNOT truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles  I have always said that everyone is in sales Maybe you Do not hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales  I have had problems when I have had money, and I have had problems when I haven't had money I have learned that if you are going to have problems, It is better to have money  I read the paper every day and the Bible every day; that way I know what both sides are up to  I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life Do not misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and

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women contain information that can change lives I took up an offer for me to lose 30 pounds in 30 days It worked I lost 30 days! If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments If my life has had a theme, I suppose it has been a typical American theme in that, for most of it, I have been looking for happiness and success If people like you they'll listen to you, but if they trust you they'll do business with you If standard of living is your #1 objective, then quality of life almost never improves But, if quality of life is your #1 objective, then standard of living improves If standard of living is your major objective, quality of life almost never improves, but if quality of life is your number one objective, your standard of living almost always improves If you aim at nothing you will hit every time

 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  If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you  If you believe as I do that you were born to win, you’re going to have to find your fears and start facing them  If you can dream it, you can achieve it  If you Do not know where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else  If you do not see yourself as a winner, you cannot perform as a winner  If you don’t plan your time, someone else will help you waste it  If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere

 If you have enough push, you Do not have to worry about the pull  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 learn from defeat, you haven't really lost  If you pay that price daily by planning and preparing and working to become the right kind of person, then you can legitimately expect to have all that life has to offer  If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you'll never end up with a nag  If you wait until all the lights are green before you leave home, you'll never get started on your trip to the top  If you want to earn more, learn more  If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal  If your watch is slow by just four minutes, that's not much - unless you have been warned

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that if you're even one minute late ever again you will be fired Then four minutes make a big difference If you're going to have to swallow a frog, you Do not want to have to look at that sucker too long! In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in! Isn't it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation? It is absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others It is easier to explain price once than to apologize for quality forever It is not how far you fall But how high you bounce that counts It is not what happens to you that matters, It is how you respond to what happens to you that makes a difference It is not what you have got, It is what you use that makes a difference

 It is 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 is not your aptitude but your ATTITUDE that decides your altitude in life  It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one  It is unwise to pay too little When you pay too much, you lose a little money, that is all When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing what it was bought to do The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot  It is your ATTITUDE not your APTITUDE that ultimately determines your ALTITUDE!  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

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happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist The word 'pessimist' was not in our vocabulary at that time It is a modern 'invention' which I believe we should 'dis-invent' It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action and discipline that enabled us to follow through It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day I've always taught that a poor economy is the best opportunity for salespeople because the naysayers and grumblers have already given up, leaving more territory, more opportunities to be successful than in a good economy when virtually all salespeople are out there, giving it their best

 I've got to confess I am a pragmatic optimist myself  Just saying you are better than good won't make it so But, when you understand what it takes to live the better than good life, and you apply yourself, your life will truly be better than good  Kids instinctively know - although they will argue to the contrary - that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues  Lack of direction, not lack of time is the problem We all have 24-hour days  Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something that you want done because he wants to do it Dwight D Eisenhower  Life is a classroom -- only those who are willing to be lifelong learners will move to the head of the class  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

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person your best shot, but Do not hang around long enough for his/her bad attitude to pull you down Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds Live creatively, friends Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that Don’t be impressed with yourself Don’t compare yourself with others (Galatians 6:1, 4) Look back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion and up with gratitude Look back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion, and up with gratitude Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker man was designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness

 Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side  Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage  Many people who want to be great aren't willing to do the work to make it possible!  Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared, but only men of character are trusted  Money isn’t the most important thing in life, but it’s reasonably close to oxygen  Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night's sleep, a house, but not a home, a companion, but not a friend  Money won't make you happy but everybody wants to find out for themselves  Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt

 Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment  Motivation doesn't last, neither does shower That why we need it everyday  Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there  Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running  Motivation needs to be a part of y our own life for you to be effective in conveying it to other people  Much about success is just the result of simply the ability to follow up, follow through, and finish what we started  My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture  New information makes new and fresh ideas possible  New research shows that you will be dead longer than you will be alive

 Of course motivation is not permanent But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis  One of the main reasons people fail to reach their full potential is because they are unwilling to risk anything They are fearful of losing, failing, or getting hurt and just want to do the things they believe will keep them safe  Only men of character are trusted  Opportunity is walking through your life every day in the form of people you meet  Other people and things can stop you temporarily You're the only one who can do it permanently  Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission  People are basically the same the world over Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure They want friends, peace of mind, good family

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relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today People Do not buy for logical reasons They buy for emotional reasons People Do not care how much you know until they know how much you care People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest People often say that motivation doesn’t last Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily People who accomplish great things work toward their objectives every day People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things Play the game for more than you can afford to lose only then will you learn the game Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome

 Positive thinking won't let you do anything, but it will let you do everything better than negative thinking will  Practice is simply preparation for success  Problem-solving becomes a very important part of our makeup as we grow into maturity or move up the corporate ladder  Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work  Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable  Remember that failure is an event, not a person  Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment  Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company

 Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs  Selling is essentially a transfer of feelings  Send out a cheerful, positive greeting, and most of the time you will get back a cheerful, positive greeting  Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?  Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people  Some people do really find fault like there's a reward for it  Some people find fault like there is a reward for it  Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful  Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it The complaining

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customer represents a huge opportunity for more business Success (a win) doesn't make you, and failure (a loss) doesn't make you Success doesn't make you and failure doesn't break you Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands Success is not measured by what you do compared to what others do, it is measured by what you do with the ability God gave you Success is one thing you CANNOT pay for You buy it on the installment plan and make payments every day 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

 Success is the maximum utilization of the ability you have  Success means doing the best we can with what we have 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  Success must never be measured by how much money you have  Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation  Surround yourself with people who want the best for you and the people you love!  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

 Take time to be kind and to say 'thank you'  The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now  The choice to have a great attitude is something nobody or no circumstance can take from you  The choice to have a great attitude is something that nobody or no circumstance can take from you  The door to a balanced success opens wide on the hinges of hope and encouragement  The elevator to success is not running; you must climb the stairs  the fear of loss is greater than the desire for gain  The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist  The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty

 The great majority of people are wandering generalities rather than meaningful specifics The fact is that you CANNOT bit a target that you CANNOT see If you Do not know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else You have to have goals  The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little  The little things in life frequently make the difference in success and failure  The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for  The more you complain about your problems, the more problems you will have to complain about  The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more things you'll have to express gratitude for  The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity

 The most practical, beautiful, workable philosophy in the world won't work if you won't  The one thing coaches cannot tolerate is the individual who grows arrogant because he excelled at a lower level and believes he has nothing else to learn  The only thing worse than training employees and losing them is to not train them and keep them  The person who dumps garbage into your mind will do you considerably more harm than the person who dumps garbage on your floor, because each load of mind garbage negatively impacts your possibilities and lowers your expectations  The price of success is much lower than the price of failure  The problem is not getting rid of fear, but using it properly

 The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do Do not bring presents  The real benefit of having goals is what you become by reaching them  The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job  The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job  The result of information overload is usually distraction, and it dilutes your focus and takes you off your game  The right quote can inspire people to change their ways  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

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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! The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip The top salesperson in the organization probably missed more sales than 90% of the sales people on the team, but they also made more calls than the others made The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches The first one taught him the fundamentals; the second one instilled discipline in him and taught him more of the techniques that must be mastered to excel

 There are no traffic jams on the extra mile  There are seldom, if ever, any hopeless situations, but there are many people who lose hope in the face of some situations  There has never been a statue erected in honor of a critic  There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used  There is no elevator to success…you have to take the stairs  There's never been a doctor who served many patients who, despite their best efforts, did not lose some of them to death But they understood that was part of life itself  There's plenty of room at the top but not enough room to sit down  This I do know beyond any doubt, Regardless of what you are doing, if you PUMP LONG AND HARD ENOUGH and ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENOUGH, sooner or

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later the EFFORT will bring forth the REWARD This morning did you wake up to an alarm clock, or an 'opportunity clock? Time can be an ally or an enemy What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute Time well spent results in more money to spend, more money to save, and more time to vacation Timid salesmen have skinny kids To be candid, some people have given positive thinking a bad name I CANNOT stand to hear some gung-ho individual say that with positive thinking you can just do 'anything' If you think about that one for a moment, you recognize the absurdity of it To reach your full potential, you have to set goals that will stretch you You must not be afraid of taking risks You must learn to recognize opportunities and have the courage

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to pursue them You have to make better choices that will provide better results Finally, you need to avoid the negative influences of other people and surround yourself with successful people who will encourage you to pursue your dreams Today I will be a successful sales professional, and I will learn something today that will make me even more professional tomorrow True joy comes when you inspire, encourage, and guide someone else on a path that benefits him or her True success has more components than one sentence or idea can contain Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength That's success U can feed ur ego or u can feed ur family U can’t feed them both Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have

 Value and purpose are about understanding the specific benefits you will help people receive if they receive what you have for them  We all have twenty-four hour days  We all need a daily check up from the neck up to avoid stinkin thinkin which ultimately leads to hardening of the attitudes  We all prospect, and Do not even know we're doing it When you start the dating process, you are actually prospecting for the person you want to marry When you're interviewing employees, you are prospecting for someone who will best fit your needs  We cannot start over, but we can begin now, and make a new beginning  We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone  What you get by achieving your goals is not nearly as important as what you become by achieving your goals

 What you get by reaching your destination is not nearly as important as what you will become by reaching your destination  What you sow you reap What you give  When I became proficient as a salesman I was invited to teach new hires  When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal, you do not change your decision to get there  When someone we love is having difficulty and is giving us a bad time, It is better to explore the cause than to criticize the action  When there is no job related stress, you are more aware of your mate and children, if you are a parent  When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you  When you are truly interested in other people, you will learn what they are interested in and if they have a need for your product If they like you, and most people like folks who take an interest in them, they'll help you find people

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who do need what you have to sell, even if they Do not When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that's when passion is born When you do more than you're paid for, eventually you'll be paid for more than you do When you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, the day will come when you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them When you do things the right way, you have nothing to lose because you have nothing to fear When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life Encouragement really does make a difference When you give directives to a child, especially a teenager, you must consider the nature of your child When you make a promise, keep it

 When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world  When you stop planning and preparing you stop winning  When you throw dirt at people, you're not doing a thing but losing ground  When you’ve got a strong enough why, you can always fi nd the how  Where you start is not as important as where you finish  Whether It is eight o'clock in the morning or eight o'clock at night, I always try to greet others before they have a chance to speak to me  While 9:00 to 5:00 and what happens in the job is important what happens from 5:00 - 9:00 while you're off the job is INFINITELY more important  Why settle for the ‘get by’ when in the long run the good costs less?

 Winners Evaluate Themselves In A Positive Manner And Look For Their Strengths As They Work To Overcome Weaknesses  winners expect to win, they expect victory, and they expect success!  With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt  Worry is interest paid before It is due  Yes, It is absolutely true that anything worth doing is worth doing poorly - until you can learn to do it well  Yesterday ended last night Today is a brand new day and It is yours  You are at the top when: You have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and are optimistic about your future  You are the only person on earth who can use your ability, It is an awesome responsibility  You are what you are and where you are because of what has gone into your mind You

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can change what you are and where you are by changing what goes into your mind you are what you are and where you are because of what’s gone into your mind, 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 You are who you are and what you are because of what has gone into your mind You can change who you are and what you are by changing what goes into your mind You can build a successful career, regardless of your field of endeavor, by the dozens of little things you do on and off the job You can change everything about your business by changing your thinking about your business You can get everything in life you want if you will just help other people get what they want

 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  You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to positive, life-changing content, and by associating with encouraging and hopebuilding people  You can start where you are with what you have got and go to wherever it is you want to go  You can succeed at almost anything for which you have unbridled enthusiasm  You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure  You CANNOT climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure  You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself

 You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations  You Do not build a business --you build people-- and then people build the business  You Do not drown by falling in water; you only drown if you stay there  You Do not have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great  You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success  you have got to be before you can do and do before you can have  You have made some mistakes, and you may not be where you want to be, but that has nothing to do with your future  You have to BE before you can DO, and DO before you can HAVE  You hit what you aim at, and if you aim at nothing you will hit it every time

 You may have made some mistakes, and you may not be where you want to be, but that has NOTHING to do with your future  You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life  You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win  You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness  You will either look back in life and say, I wish I had, or, I am glad I did  You will have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.  Your attitude not your aptitude will determine your altitude  Your faith is very important I have done the math, and you are going to be dead a whole lot longer that you will be alive.