Words of Wisdom from Zig Ziglar – Discover Bedrock Truth

Two sure ways to fail- Think and never do or do and never think.¹

If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed.²

Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.³

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 suddenly sprouts and grows thirty feet in three months!⁴

If you will be hard on yourself, life will be easy on you. But if you insist upon being easy on yourself, life is going to be very hard on you.⁵

I believe Success is achieved by ordinary people with Extraordinary Determination.⁶

The definition of success is getting many of the things money can buy and all the things money can’t buy.⁷

When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.⁸

God showed me that He could and would replace everything that was missing in my life, but that nothing could replace Him in my life.⁹

When you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear. When you do the right things in the right way you have nothing to lose because you have nothing to fear.¹⁰

Success is dependent on the glands – the sweat glands..¹¹

If your ride through life is not as smooth as you would like it to be, blaming the road may not be the answer.¹²

Those who won’t take a chance don’t have a chance.¹³

Integrity gives you real freedom because you have nothing to fear since you have nothing to hide.¹⁴

Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them!¹⁵

Miserable people focus on what they hate about their life. Happy people focus on what they love about their life.¹⁶

The moment you begin to worry about the things you want and the things you don’t have in life is the moment you will lose your gratitude… The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.¹⁷

You can’t have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage work ethic.¹⁸

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.¹⁹

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.²⁰

You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.²¹

Money is not everything but it ranks right up there with oxygen.²²

There are no traffic jams when you go the extra mile.²³

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.²⁴

If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.²⁵

People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest.²⁶

You don’t pay the price for success, you enjoy the benefits of success.²⁷

Circumstances don’t create character. They reveal character.²⁸

Life is a classroom — only those who are willing to be lifelong learners will move to the head of the class.²⁹

I suggest the greatest challenge to Christians in the business world is within – making the heart determination (simply put, the choice) to live by God’s principles and sticking with it; making the commitment to serving Christ and mankind with our efforts, our gifts and our knowledge.³⁰

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