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“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar had a way with words.  Here is my Zig Ziglar quotes collection where you can see his words in action.

I organized my Zig Ziglar quotes into some simple buckets for browsing.

It’s a big list.

I think you’ll find a phrase or two that resonates with you.

One way to make the most of the list is to look for three quotes that you want to remember.

Top 10 Greatest Zig Ziglar Quotes

“Be helpful.  When you see a person without a smile, give him yours.” — Zig Ziglar

• “Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”  — Zig Ziglar
• “Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.”  — Zig Ziglar
• “If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.”  — Zig Ziglar
• “It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you use that makes a difference.”  — Zig Ziglar
• “Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.”  — Zig Ziglar
• “There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.”  — Zig Ziglar
• “You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.”  — Zig Ziglar
• “You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.”  — Zig Ziglar
• “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”  — Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar Quotes on Ability

Here are Zig Ziglar quotes about our abilities and capabilities:

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

“Ability is important in our quest for success, but dependability is critical.” — Zig Ziglar

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

“Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.” — Zig Ziglar

“Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough.” — Zig Ziglar

“Far too many people have no idea of what they can do because all they have been told is what they can’t do.  They don’t know what they want because they don’t know what’s available for them.” — Zig Ziglar

“Other people and things can stop you temporarily.  You’re the only one who can do it permanently.” — Zig Ziglar

“This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt.  Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.” — Zig Ziglar

“Too many people spend more time planning how to get the job than on how to become productive and successful in that job.” — Zig Ziglar

“What you do off the job is determining factor in how far you will go on the job.” — Zig Ziglar

“When your image improves, your performance improves.” — Zig Ziglar

“You already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, develop and use them.” — Zig Ziglar

“You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.” — Zig Ziglar

“You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.” — Zig Ziglar

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

Zig Ziglar Quotes Ambition

Here are Zig Ziglar quotes about ambition:

“A goal properly set is halfway reached.” — Zig Ziglar

“A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.” — Zig Ziglar

“Action often precedes the feeling.” — 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.” — Zig Ziglar

“Ambition, fueled by compassion, wisdom and integrity, is a powerful force for good that will turn the wheels of industry and open the doors of opportunity for you and countless others.” — Zig Ziglar

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

“If we don’t start, it’s certain we can’t arrive.” — Zig Ziglar

“It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom.” — Zig Ziglar

“It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.” — Zig Ziglar

“Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.” — Zig Ziglar

“Obstacles are the things we see when we take our eyes off our goals.” — Zig Ziglar

“Obviously, there is little you can learn from doing nothing.” — Zig Ziglar

“The basic goal-reaching principle is to understand that you go as far as you can see, and when you get there you will always be able to see farther.” — Zig Ziglar

“The only way to coast is downhill.” — Zig Ziglar

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to his or her commitment to excellence, regardless of his or chosen field of endeavor.” — Zig Ziglar

“There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.” — Zig Ziglar

“When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.” — Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar Quotes on Attitude

Zig Ziglar had a lot to say about attitude:

“Every obnoxious act is a cry for help.” — Zig Ziglar

“If you have enough push, you don’t have to worry about the pull.” — Zig Ziglar

“Most of us would be upset If we were accused of being ‘silly’, yet it comes from the old English word ‘seilig’ and it’s literal definition is ‘to be blessed, happy, healthy and prosperous.'” — Zig Ziglar

“Of all the ‘attitudes’ we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life changing.” — Zig Ziglar

“Our favorite attitude should be gratitude.” — Zig Ziglar

“Some people find fault like there is a reward for it.” — Zig Ziglar

“The more you express gratitude for what you have the more you will have to express gratitude for.” — Zig Ziglar

“The way you see people is the way you treat them.” — Zig Ziglar

“There are seldom, if ever, any hopeless situations, but there are many people who lose hope in the face of some situations.” — Zig Ziglar

“There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.” — Zig Ziglar

“We all need a daily check up from the neck up to avoid stinkin’ thinkin’ which ultimately leads to hardening of the attitudes.” — Zig Ziglar

“What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mind.” — Zig Ziglar

“When we clearly understand that there is no superior sex or superior race, we will have opened the door of communication and laid the foundation for building winning relationships with all people in this global world of ours.” — Zig Ziglar

“You can disagree without being disagreeable.” — Zig Ziglar

“You cannot tailor make your situation in life, but you can tailor make your attitudes to fit those situations.” — Zig Ziglar

“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” — Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar Quotes on Business Success

Here are Zig Ziglar quotes about business success:

“Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, and no trust.” — Zig Ziglar

“If people like you they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you they’ll do business with you.” — Zig Ziglar

“Keep your thinking right and your business will be right.” — Zig Ziglar

“People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.” — Zig Ziglar

“Selling is essentially transference of feeling.” — Zig Ziglar

“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.” — Zig Ziglar

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

“When a company or an individual compromises one time, whether it’s on price or principle, the next compromise is right around the corner.” — Zig Ziglar

“When management and labor (employer and employee) both understand they are all on the same side, then each will prosper more.” — Zig Ziglar

“You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.” — Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar Quotes on Effectiveness

Here are Zig Ziglar quotes about our personal effectiveness:

“Every choice you make has an end result.” — 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.” — Zig Ziglar

“It’s not the situation, but whether we react, or respond, to the situation that’s important.” — Zig Ziglar

“It’s not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you.” — Zig Ziglar

“It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you use that makes a difference.” — Zig Ziglar

“Just remember, when you should grab something, grab it; when you should let go, let go.” — Zig Ziglar

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

“The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now.” — Zig Ziglar

“To respond is positive, to react is negative.” — Zig Ziglar

“When you exercise your freedom to express yourself at the lowest level, you ultimately condemn yourself to live at that level.” — Zig Ziglar

“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.  With fear and guilt removed you are free to be and do your best.” — Zig Ziglar

“Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.” — Zig Ziglar

“You cannot solve a problem until you acknowledge that you have one and accept responsibility for solving it.” — Zig Ziglar

“You don’t drown by falling in water; you only drown if you stay there.” — Zig Ziglar

“You have to be before you can do, and do before you can have.” — Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar Quotes on Friends and Family

Here are Zig Ziglar quotes on friends and family:

“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.” — Zig Ziglar

“If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you’ll never end up with a nag.” — Zig Ziglar

“Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love.” — Zig Ziglar

“Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.” — Zig Ziglar

“Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.” — Zig Ziglar

“Our children are our only hope for the future, but we are their only hope for their present and their future.” — Zig Ziglar

“People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.” — Zig Ziglar

“Start your child’s day with love and encouragement and end the day the same way.” — Zig Ziglar

“The best thing a parent can do for a child is to love his or her spouse.” — Zig Ziglar

“The best way to make your spouse and children feel secure is not with big deposits in bank account, but with little deposits of thoughtfulness and affection in the ‘love account.'” — Zig Ziglar

“The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models.” — Zig Ziglar

“When someone we love is having difficulty and is giving us a bad time, it’s better to explore the cause than to criticize the action.” — Zig Ziglar

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

“Your mate doesn’t live by bread alone; he or she needs to be ‘buttered up’ from time to time.” — Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar Quotes on Personal Development

Here are Zig Ziglar quotes on personal development:

“Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.” — Zig Ziglar

“Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.” — Zig Ziglar

“Life really is like a grindstone, in that it will either grind you down or polish you up.” — Zig Ziglar

“Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.  Make motivation a habit and you will get there more quickly and have more fun on the trip.” — Zig Ziglar

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing-that’s why we recommend it daily.” — Zig Ziglar

“Take time to be quiet.” — Zig Ziglar

“The greatest single cause of a poor self-image is the absence of unconditional love.” — Zig Ziglar

“There’s not a lot you can do about the national economy but there is a lot you can do about your personal economy.” — Zig Ziglar

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

“When I discipline myself to eat properly, live morally, exercise regularly, grow mentally and spiritually, and not put any drugs or alcohol in my body, I have given myself the freedom to be at my best, perform at my best, and reap all the rewards that go along with it.” — Zig Ziglar

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

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

“You can finish school, and even make it easy — but you never finish your education, and it’s seldom easy.” — Zig Ziglar

“You can get everything money will buy without a lick of character, but you can’t get any of the things money won’t buy: happiness, joy, peace of mind, winning relationships, etc., without character.” — Zig Ziglar

“You must manage yourself before you can lead someone else.” — Zig Ziglar

“You will make a lousy anybody else, but you are the best you in existence. You are the only one who can use your ability. It is an awesome responsibility.” — Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar Quotes on Positivity

Here are Zig Ziglar quotes about positivity:

“Are you a SNIOP?  Someone who is Sensitive to the Negative Influence Of Other People?” — Zig Ziglar

“Before you change your thinking, you have to change what goes into your mind.” — Zig Ziglar

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

“Don’t be distracted by criticism.  Remember-the only taste of success some people have when they take a bite out of you.” — Zig Ziglar

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

“Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.” — Zig Ziglar

“Failure is an event, not a person.  Yesterday ended last night.” — Zig Ziglar

“For every sale you miss because you’re too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you’re not enthusiastic enough.” — Zig Ziglar

“If you can dream it, you can achieve it.” — Zig Ziglar

“If you don’t like who you are and where you are, don’t worry about it because you’re not stuck either with who you are or where you are.  You can grow.  You can change.  You can be more than you are.” — Zig Ziglar

“If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.” — Zig Ziglar

“If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.” — Zig Ziglar

“If you want to reach a goal, you must ‘see the reaching’ in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.” — Zig Ziglar

“If you’re sincere, praise is effective. If you’re insincere, it’s manipulative.” — Zig Ziglar

“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 person your best shot, but don’t hang around long enough for his or her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people.” — Zig Ziglar

“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” — Zig Ziglar

“Remember that failure is an event, not a person.” — Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar Quotes on Success

Here’s Zig Ziglar quotes about personal success:

“I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life.  You can’t truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.” — Zig Ziglar

“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.” — Zig Ziglar

“Man was designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.” — Zig Ziglar

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

“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.” — Zig Ziglar

“Money won’t make you happy, but everybody wants to find out for themselves.” — Zig Ziglar

“Remember there is plenty of room at the top-but not enough to sit down.” — Zig Ziglar

“Remember, you can earn more money, but when time is spent is gone forever.” — Zig Ziglar

“Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.” — Zig Ziglar

“Success is dependent upon the glands — sweat glands.” — Zig Ziglar

“Success is in the details.” — Zig Ziglar

“Success is like a ladder, and no one has ever climbed a ladder with their hands in their pockets.” — Zig Ziglar

“Success is not a destination, it’s a journey.” — Zig Ziglar

“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.” — Zig Ziglar

“Success is one thing you can’t pay for. You buy it on the installment plan and make payments every day.” — Zig Ziglar

“Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.” — Zig Ziglar

“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.” — Zig Ziglar

“The door to a balanced success opens widest on the hinges of hope and encouragement.” — Zig Ziglar

“The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.” — Zig Ziglar

“The price of success is much lower than the price of failure.” — Zig Ziglar

“You build a successful career, regardless of your field of endeavor, by the dozens of little things you do on and off the job.” — Zig Ziglar

“You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.” — Zig Ziglar

“You don’t ‘pay the price’ for success-you enjoy the benefits of success.” — Zig Ziglar

“You enhance your chances for success when you understand that your yearning power is more important than your earning power.” — Zig Ziglar

What are your favorite Zig Ziglar quotes?

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An Alabama-born motivational speaker, Zig Ziglar helped many people recognize their inner selves and do their best in that which they desired. His interest in helping others stemmed from his firm Christian faith and spiritual beliefs. Once a successful salesman, Ziglar turned out to become an author and then an awarded public speaker. His speeches have impacted the hearts and minds of people for a long time and continue to motivate people, as his books have been translated to more than 36 languages all over the world. It was those speeches that always ended with ‘if you do this, and by you, yes I mean you, I will see you at the top.” This collection of quotes by him is a tribute to the value he had as a speaker for making his listeners believe that they could achieve anything by believing in themselves.

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• Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. Zig Ziglar
• I opened two gifts this morning. They were my eyes . Zig Ziglar
• You Cannot Make It as a Wandering Generality, You Must Become a Meaningful Specific. Zig Ziglar
• Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission. Zig Ziglar
• Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully. Zig Ziglar
• Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. Zig Ziglar
• You’ve got to be before you can do and do before you can have. Zig Ziglar
• The C’s of Life: Choices, Chances, Changes. You must make a choice to take a chance or your life will never change. Zig Ziglar
• You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. Zig Ziglar
• When you’ve got a strong enough why, you can always find the how. Zig Ziglar
• Do more, give more, try harder, aim higher, and give thanks. The rewards will be yours. Zig Ziglar
• Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there. Zig Ziglar
• Don’t count the things you do, do the things that count. Zig Ziglar
• It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you use that makes a difference. Zig Ziglar
• If you don’t plan your time, someone else will help you waste it. Zig Ziglar
• Money won’t make you happy… but everybody wants to find out for themselves. Zig Ziglar
• If you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every time. Zig Ziglar
• The fear of loss is greater than the desire for gain. Zig Ziglar
• Go as far as you can see and you will see further. Zig Ziglar
• Fear is the Fatal killer of Desire. Zig Ziglar
• If you want to earn more, learn more. Zig Ziglar
• People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. Zig Ziglar
• Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. Zig Ziglar
• Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now. Zig Ziglar
• A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could. Zig Ziglar
• Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur. Zig Ziglar
• If you always do what you’ve always done, you’re always going to get what you’ve always gotten. Zig Ziglar
• Lack of direction , not lack of time, is the problem. We all have 24-hour days. Zig Ziglar
• The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little. Zig Ziglar
• Play the game for more than you can afford to lose . . . only then will you learn the game. Zig Ziglar
• When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you. Zig Ziglar
• You don’t drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there. Zig Ziglar
• If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you. Zig Ziglar
• Getting knocked down in life is a given; getting up and moving forward is a choice. Zig Ziglar
• Don’t let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours. Zig Ziglar
• F-E-A-R has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours. Zig Ziglar
• Money isn’t the most important thing in life, but it’s reasonably close to oxygen on the ‘gotta have it’ scale. Zig Ziglar
• In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in! Zig Ziglar
• It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through. Zig Ziglar
• Do more than you are being paid to do, and you’ll eventually be paid more for what you do. Zig Ziglar
• Every choice you make has an end result. Zig Ziglar
• You can change who you are and what you are by changing what goes into your mind. Zig Ziglar
• I read the paper every day and the Bible every day; that way I know what both sides are up to. Zig Ziglar
• It is true that integrity alone won’t make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one. Zig Ziglar
• Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking the tartar sauce with you. 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. Zig Ziglar
• The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist. Zig Ziglar
• Most of the problems in life are because of two reasons: we act without thinking or we keep thinking without acting. Zig Ziglar
• What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. Zig Ziglar
• You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. Zig Ziglar
• Ask yourself a question: Is my attitude worth catching? Zig Ziglar
• Critical words cut like a knife. And sarcasm is the same knife with a pearl handle. Zig Ziglar
• Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people. Zig Ziglar
• Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it. Zig Ziglar
• Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable. Zig Ziglar
• Anyone with a Purpose Can Make a Difference. Zig Ziglar
• Make today worth remembering. Zig Ziglar
• Don’t be an ‘if’ thinker, be a ‘how’ thinker. Zig Ziglar
• People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar
• Failure is an event, it is not a person—yesterday ended last night—today is a brand new day and it’s yours. Zig Ziglar
• There are no traffic jams on the extra mile. Zig Ziglar
• Motivation is the fuel , necessary to keep the human engine running. Zig Ziglar
• You are the only person on earth who can use your ability. Zig Ziglar
• From wherever you are, you can go anywhere you want to go if you pick the right roads to travel. Zig Ziglar
• Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street. Zig Ziglar
• If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. Zig Ziglar
• Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker. Zig Ziglar
• When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there. Zig Ziglar
• Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Zig Ziglar
• If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner. Zig Ziglar
• Don’t let the mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future. Zig Ziglar
• A goal properly set is halfway reached. Zig Ziglar
• The fact is that you can’t hit 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. Zig Ziglar
• 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. Zig Ziglar
• Other people and things can stop you temporarily. You are the only one who can do it permanently. 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. Zig Ziglar
• Stop selling. Start helping. Zig Ziglar
• Selling is essentially a transfer of feelings. Zig Ziglar
• People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons. Zig Ziglar
• Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust. Zig Ziglar
• For every sale you miss because you’re too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you’re not enthusiastic enough. Zig Ziglar
• If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you. Zig Ziglar
• The top salesperson in the organization probably missed more sales than 90 % of the salespeople on the team, but they also made more calls than the others made. Zig Ziglar
• People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace. Zig Ziglar
• I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don’t hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales. Zig Ziglar
• 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. Zig Ziglar
• If you do not believe in your product or service enough to offer it to your own family and friends, then you should question the value of what you are selling. Zig Ziglar
• Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business. Zig Ziglar
• There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. Zig Ziglar
• Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough. Zig Ziglar
• The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job. Zig Ziglar
• The depth of your spirit will determine the height of your success. Zig Ziglar
• Success is achieved by ordinary people with Extraordinary Determination. Zig Ziglar
• Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That’s success. Zig Ziglar
• Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation. Zig Ziglar
• You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success. Zig Ziglar
• Success must never be measured by how much money you have. Zig Ziglar
• Individuals who keep growing in knowledge are the ones who succeed. Zig Ziglar
• You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure. Zig Ziglar
• Practice is simply preparation for success. Zig Ziglar
• I hear and forget. I see and hear and I remember. However, when I see, hear and do, I understand and succeed. Zig Ziglar
• True success has more components than one sentence or idea can contain. Zig Ziglar
• The little things in life frequently make the difference in success and failure. Zig Ziglar
• Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful. Zig Ziglar
• 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. Zig Ziglar
• Much about success is just the result of simply the ability to follow up, follow through, and finish what we started. Zig Ziglar
• If you don’t pay the price for success, you’ll pay the price for failure. Zig Ziglar
• The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith , love and loyalty. Zig Ziglar
• I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can’t truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles. Zig Ziglar
• Peak performance is dependent on passion, grit, determination, and a willingness to do something poorly until you can do it well. Zig Ziglar
• 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. Zig Ziglar
• 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. Zig Ziglar
• Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart. Zig Ziglar
• Opportunity is walking through your life every day in the form of people you meet. Zig Ziglar
• You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want. Zig Ziglar
• Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs. Zig Ziglar
• Happiness is not pleasure – it is victory. Zig Ziglar
• I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. Zig Ziglar
• When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that’s when passion is born. Zig Ziglar
• Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life. Zig Ziglar
• Good action today will produce good living tomorrow. Zig Ziglar
• Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try. Zig Ziglar
• 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. Zig Ziglar
• Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared, but only men of character are trusted. Zig Ziglar
• Many marriages would be better if the husband and wife clearly understood that they’re on the same side. Zig Ziglar
• Life is a classroom — only those who are willing to be lifelong learners will move to the head of the class. Zig Ziglar
• Desire is the ingredient that changes the hot water of mediocrity to the steam of outstanding success . Zig Ziglar
• A vision without a task is but a dream. A task without a vision is drudgery. But a vision and a task are the hope of the world. Zig Ziglar
• 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. Zig Ziglar
• 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. Zig Ziglar
• If you want to reach a goal, you must ‘see the reaching’ in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal. Zig Ziglar
• Two things to remember in life: “Take care of your thoughts when you’re alone”, and “Take care of your words when you’re with people”. Zig Ziglar
• You cannot tailor-make the situations in life, but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations. Zig Ziglar
• Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow you reap. What you give you get. What you see in others exists in you. Zig Ziglar
• Like sterling silver, love will tarnish unless it is polished with daily applications of interest, involvement, and expressions of love. Zig Ziglar
• It’s not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important. Zig Ziglar
• 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. Zig Ziglar
• Memorize a simple strategy: Don’t jump to speak, ask questions and listen, watch your anger thermometer and keep the temperature down. Zig Ziglar
• When you give a man a dole you deny him his dignity, and when you deny him his dignity you rob him his destiny. Zig Ziglar
• 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. Zig Ziglar
• 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. Zig Ziglar
• And we know that we really live only when we really give. Zig Ziglar
• Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come. Zig Ziglar
• If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost. Zig Ziglar
• You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness. Zig Ziglar
• Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will. Zig Ziglar
• Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome. Zig Ziglar
• Express gratitude for what you have. This increases the possibility that eventually you will have more to express gratitude for. Zig Ziglar
• You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life. Zig Ziglar
• Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give him one of yours. Zig Ziglar
• Encouragement is the fuel on which hope runs. Zig Ziglar
• Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems. Zig Ziglar

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50 Best Zig Ziglar Quotes on Success

Zig Ziglar was known as one of the world’s most famous salesmen. He was a motivational speaker, self-help author, and salesman. As a motivational speaker, he inspired millions of people to achieve success based on his philosophy of attitude, skills, and character. As a best-selling author, Zig Ziglar has written more than 30 motivational and self-help books . Here are the top 50 Zig Ziglar quotes on success, goals, and sales.

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Zig Ziglar Quotes on Success

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

2. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar

3. “Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.” – Zig Ziglar

4. “You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want.” – Zig Ziglar

5. “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar

6. “A goal properly set is halfway reached.” – Zig Ziglar

7. “Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.” – Zig Ziglar

8. “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar

9. “You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.” – Zig Ziglar

10. “If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.” – Zig Ziglar

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11. “Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.” – Zig Ziglar

12. “Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.” – Zig Ziglar

13. “Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.” – Zig Ziglar

14. “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.” – Zig Ziglar

15. “If you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every time.” – Zig Ziglar

16. “Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur .” – Zig Ziglar

17. “If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.” – Zig Ziglar

18. “Don’t count the things you do, do the things that count.” – Zig Ziglar

19. “Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.” – Zig Ziglar

20. “Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.” – Zig Ziglar

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

22. “There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.” – Zig Ziglar

23. “Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.” – Zig Ziglar

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

25. “Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.” – Zig Ziglar

26. “Every choice you make has an end result.” – Zig Ziglar

27. “Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.” – Zig Ziglar

28. “In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!” – Zig Ziglar

29. “If you want to earn more, learn more.” – Zig Ziglar

30. “Success is dependent upon the glands – sweat glands.” – Zig Ziglar

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31. “People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.” – Zig Ziglar

32. “You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.” – Zig Ziglar

33. “Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.” – Zig Ziglar

34. “A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.” – Zig Ziglar

35. “Go as far as you can see and you will see further.” – Zig Ziglar

36. “If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.” – Zig Ziglar

37. “You can succeed at almost anything for which you have unbridled enthusiasm.” – Zig Ziglar

38. “Do more than you are being paid to do, and you’ll eventually be paid more for what you do.” – Zig Ziglar

39. “Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.” – Zig Ziglar

40. “It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you use that makes a difference.” – Zig Ziglar

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41. “Encouragement is the fuel on which hope runs.” – Zig Ziglar

42. “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” – Zig Ziglar

43. “I believe success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination.” – Zig Ziglar

44. “Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it.” – Zig Ziglar

45. “Make today worth remembering.” – Zig Ziglar

46. “Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember – the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.” – Zig Ziglar

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

48. “Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.” – Zig Ziglar

49. “Remember that failure is an event, not a person.” – Zig Ziglar

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

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He was a successful author and was the most listened-to man in the history of the broadcasting industry with his radio shows. He liked to spread his wisdom wherever he went.  

I really enjoy many of his quotes and they have provided me with inspiration and insight in times of need so I wanted to share my favorite Earl Nightingale quotes below. 

Earl Nightingale Quotes

• “People who have goals succeed because they know where they’re going. It’s that simple.” 
• “Destructive emotions, such as anger, hatred, and jealousy don’t hurt others; they hurt you. They can make your life miserable. They can make you sick. Forgive everyone who ever hurt you—really forgive them—and then forgive yourself. That’s all past.” 
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•  “Success is not a destination but a journey. Anyone who is on course toward a worthy goal is successful. Success does not lie in the achievement of a goal but in its pursuit. Success is a journey!” 
• “One thing a goal must do is fill us with positive emotion when we think about it. The more intensely we feel about a goal the more progressively we’ll move toward it.” 
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• “Spend one hour every day thinking about your goal and how to get there.” 
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•  “Whatever it is you seek in the form of rewards, you must first earn in the form of service. Each of us serves a portion of humanity, all those with whom you come in contact.” 
•  “Every-time we use a product or service, someone is serving us.” 
• “Think not about future rewards but about present service.” 
•  “Find what you can do best that renders service to others and do it with all your might.” 
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• “We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we’ve established for ourselves.” 
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• “Life can only return to you that which you sow. What do you have to sow? You have great wealth; you can think, 
• you have talent, and you have time.” 
• “Money is the harvest of our production and service. We in turn use it to obtain the production and service of others.” 
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• “We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.” 
• “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.” 
• “Failures . . . believe that their lives are shaped by circumstances … by things that happen to them … by exterior forces.” 
•  “Think of a ship with the complete voyage mapped out and planned. The captain and crew know exactly where the ship is going and how long it will take — it has a definite goal. And 9,999 times out of 10,000, it will get there.” 
•  “The human mind is much like a farmer’s land. The land gives the farmer a choice. He may plant in that land whatever he chooses. The land doesn’t care what is planted. It’s up to the farmer to make the decision. The mind, like the land, will return what you plant, but it doesn’t care what you plant.” 
• “Everything that’s really worthwhile in life came to us free — our minds, our souls, our bodies, our hopes, our dreams, our ambitions, our intelligence , our love of family and children and friends and country. All these priceless possessions are free.” 
• “Success is not the result of making money; earning money is the result of success — and success is in direct proportion to our service.” 
• “Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind.” 

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Zig Ziglar Defines Success with These 3 Tenets

Few have had as great an impact on as many people as Zig Ziglar. As a sales trainer, motivational speaker and bestselling author, Ziglar helped millions of individuals improve not only their perspective on life, but, more importantly, their results.

After a bumpy start, Zig Ziglar built a wildly successful career in sales. But the more he learned about selling and personal achievement, the more interested he became in motivational speaking. He wanted to help others attain the success he enjoyed. In 1970, while in his early 40s, Ziglar made a career shift and began to speak full time. Over the course of his career he engaged thousands of audiences and sold millions of books and audio programs, including the best-selling See You at the Top: 25th Anniversary Edition , which sold more than 1.5 million copies, and the audio program How to Stay Motivated . But exactly how many lives did Ziglar touch? “We began counting the number of people Zig has impacted and had to stop at 25.5 million people,” said a spokesperson with the Zig Ziglar Corporation.

With his unique cadence and strong southern drawl, Ziglar admonished people to be specific about what they want to achieve, to be purposeful in their approach to personal development, and to help as many others as possible along the way. And though he was a dyed-in-the-wool believer in the power of positive thinking , there is nothing secret about his philosophy on achieving success. “Positive thinking won’t let you do anything,” Ziglar said. “But it will help you do everything better than negative thinking will.” His constant message was that success requires full engagement and hard work. When combined with an unshakable positive attitude and character, success is inevitable. Here are a few more of Ziglar’s tried-and-true strategies:

Live a balanced, focused life

Success is never about acquiring what you want in one area of life, but in every area of life. Reminiscent of 1 Corinthians 13, Ziglar asked audiences to consider the fallacy of one-sided success. Take a moment and ask yourself these questions:

• If I earn millions of dollars, but destroy my health in the process, is that success?
• If I become the best in my industry, but neglect my family and friends, is that success?
• If I acquire great wealth and notoriety, but compromise my integrity and faith to do so, is that success?

The obvious answer to each of these questions is “no.” Success isn’t one-sided. Our achievements aren’t fulfilling when we neglect or destroy our relationships, health or faith.

Through the years, Ziglar’s axiom was, “You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” But what exactly do people want? What do you want? Getting clear about your goals and desires, after all, is the first step to achieving them.

Ziglar said there are eight basic things people want to feel successful. “People want to be happy, healthy, reasonably prosperous and secure; they want to have friends, peace of mind, good family relationships and hope,” he said. With a focused goal to continually improve in each of these areas, we can enjoy life to the fullest.

“ You are here for a reason. That purpose is to get everything out of you that is humanly possible so you can make your contributions to mankind,” Ziglar wrote in See You at the Top . “Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.” He also noted that goals must be specific: “You’ll never make it as a ‘wandering generality.’ You must become a ‘meaningful specific.’”

Goals give us a target and bring meaning to our mission. Without goals, life simply happens. But when we have a target, we can move with purpose, helping us achieve more. “People often complain about lack of time, when lack of direction is the real problem,” Ziglar said. “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.”

Action  → Don’t confuse activity with accomplishment. You must have specific, clearly identified objectives. In the How to Stay Motivated audio program, Ziglar advised listeners to write down everything they want to do, be or have. Once you’ve created your list, pick five things you want to accomplish this year and outline a plan for each by defining daily, weekly and monthly targets. Then get started!

Take a (mental) bath every day

Getting motivated to improve in any one of these eight areas of life is relatively easy. But staying motivated enough to maintain the behaviors required to realize real change is challenging.

Ziglar illustrated the point by recounting the story of going to the gym on Jan. 2 one year. Normally, finding a place to park wasn’t an issue, nor was finding an empty workout bench or treadmill. But on his first visit of the new year, he was forced to park at the back of the lot and had to wait in line to use the equipment. When he questioned the trainer at the front desk about the influx of patrons, he was told not to worry and that things would go back to normal in about three weeks. Sure enough, before three weeks had passed, there were once again plenty of vacant spaces in the parking lot and several empty workout benches.

We are easily motivated to start a life-improvement project, but staying motivated takes work. Ziglar commented that people frequently complain to him that the effects of motivational seminars, books and audios don’t last. His response: “Neither does bathing; that’s why we recommend it daily.”

In his Christian Motivation for Daily Living audio program, Ziglar referenced a study that indicated 80% of what our minds take in each day is negative. Be it from talk radio or what Ziglar referred to as the “income suppressant” (aka the television), or the gripes and sour attitudes of our friends, co-workers, family members and acquaintances, we are inundated with negative thoughts, comments and messages. We can spend a full day at a motivational seminar or sales conference and get pumped with enthusiasm. But, as soon as we step out into the “real world,” the onslaught of negativity is akin to having someone dump garbage into our freshly cleaned mind.

“If I were to come into your home with a pail of garbage and dump it on your living room floor, we would have problems—fast,” Ziglar wrote in See You at the Top . “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.”

To offset the negativity and to stay motivated to reach our goals, continual affirmations and belief-building messages must be part of our daily routine. That’s why, in addition to practicing positive self-talk , Ziglar recommended listening to and reading motivational materials repeatedly and regularly. “You are what you are and where you are because of what’s gone into your mind,” he said. “You can change what you are, you can change where you are, by changing what goes into your mind.”

Action → Block out 30 minutes a day (at a minimum) to read or listen to a positive, inspiring or motivational message. Doing so will help you stay committed to your goals and bolster your belief in your ability to achieve them.

Help others get what they want

If helping others get what they want is the true path to success, sales is the ideal profession. “People buy because they either need or want something,” Ziglar wrote in Ziglar on Selling . “If we can give persons a reason for buying and an excuse for buying, the chances that they will buy improve rather dramatically.” The key, he explained, is developing an attitude of curiosity and a sincere interest in your prospect’s needs. With those needs clarified, you can then offer a solution that satisfies both you and the customer.

Once, at a conference, author and keynote speaker Bob Burg pointed to Ziglar, a fellow panelist for the event, and shared how this master motivator and successful salesman had impacted his life. Early in his sales career, Burg attended one of Ziglar’s “Secrets of Closing the Sale” seminars. At the end of his presentation, Ziglar pitched his sales training program, which was available for purchase at the back of the room in cassette format.

As he made his way down the aisle to the sales table, a few of Burg’s co-workers tried to stop him. “They said, ‘You can’t afford Zig’s program—none of us can.’ And I said, ‘Exactly, that’s why I’m going back there to get Zig’s program… so one day I’ll be able to afford Zig’s program and anything else I want,’” Burg said. Burg said he “devoured” the program, listening to it repeatedly. The 16th time he listened to the audio, he heard a key point that he then incorporated into his sales presentation. Immediately, he began to close more sales . “I’ll tell you what, that product that I couldn’t afford to buy, but bought anyway, made me hundreds of thousands of dollars through the years. I owe so much to this gentleman because he allowed me to provide more value to more people than I would have been able to without being equipped in that way,” he said.

Action → Commit today to become others-focused. With your spouse, your children, your prospect and your peers, keep the question, “How can I help you?,” as a primary focus in the relationship.

If you want to be happy, healthy, reasonably prosperous and secure, and if you want to have friends, peace of mind, good family relationships and hope, it makes sense to listen to this motivational master’s positive message of personal responsibility. Millions credit their achievements to what they’ve learned from Ziglar, a man who created a successful life by helping others do the same.

This article was published in August 2010 and has been updated. Photo courtesy of the Zig Ziglar Corporation

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People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily. 

You have to be careful not to become a "wandering generality"; you must strive to become a "meaningful specific." 

The key to making it over the top is this: help enough other people get what they want. 

Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker. 

If you are not living in the will of God, you are uncomfortable in the Word of God. 

The more gratitude you express, the more you will experience to have gratitude for. 

The phrase, "God said it, I believe it, and that settles it" is partially true. My friend, if God said it, that settles it, whether you believe it or not. 

You don't have to worry about tomorrow because God is already there. 

What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mind. 

Faith is your reaction to God's ability. 

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

God sees everything at once and knows what you are called to do. Our part is not to play God, but to trust God-to believe that our single, solitary life can make a difference.

If you haven't met Satan face to face, it's because you are running in the same direction.

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

Where you start is not as important as where you finish.  

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. 

You are what you are and where you are because of what's gone into your mind. You can change what you are and where you are by changing what goes into your mind. 

You've got to be before you can do, and do before you can have. 

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully. 

God created man on purpose, and for a purpose. 

Many times Christian state their love for the Lord and their willingness to die for Him. I will make no pretense of knowing the Lord's will in your life, but I do feel that in most cases the Lord is for more interested in our living for Him then He is in our dying for Him. 

You are not saved by a feeling, but by trusting God and accepting Jesus Christ as your Savior. 

Every choice we make, whether it is good or bad, has consequences! Top Performance (page 24) 

You are free to choose, but the choices you make today will determine what you will have, be, and do in the tomorrows of your life.   Top Performance (page 23) 

You cannot change the past, but your future is spotless.   Top Performance (page 27) 

You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want!   Top Performance (page 10) 

It's not where you start-it's where you finish that counts. 

Building a better you is the first step to building a better America. 

Failure is an event, never a person; an attitude, not an outcome; a temporary inconvenience; a steppingstone.   Our response to it determines just how helpful it can be. 

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

When you know the author of the Book, the Book will have meaning to you.

You don't pay the price for success; you enjoy the benefits of success.

What you get by reaching your destination is not nearly as important as what you will become by reaching your destination.

You can earn more money, but when time is spent it is gone.

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.

It's not what you know; it's what you use that makes a difference.

When I discipline myself to eat properly, live morally, exercise regularly, grow mentally and spiritually, and not to put drugs or alcohol in my body, I have given myself the freedom to be at my best, perform at my best, and reap all the rewards that go along with it.

Success is not a destination; it's a journey.

Our abilities, personalities, and physical features are no accident. God has crafted each of us just the way He wanted to. Paul wrote that we are God's "workmanship." The Greek word for workmanship is poiema, from which, of course, we get our word poem. Poetry is a beautiful expression of thought, carefully structured and meticulously worded. The meter of each line and the choice of each word come together to maximize the meaning. And these things don't just happen by chance. They are the product of the poet's skill, intention, and detail.

In the same way, God crafts each of us by using His skill to shape our personalities and give us the abilities and appearances He has chosen for us. No one is created just like another because no one has the same purpose God has given each of us. Paul also tells his readers that God's purpose isn't something He dreams up along the way. God prepared His purpose for us long ago, "before the foundation of the world" (Ephesians 1:4).

When we feel prideful because we've accomplished a lot, we need to realize where our abilities come from. On the other hand, if were confused or discouraged because we can't seem to discover the meaning for our lives, we can rest assured that Almighty God has a divine purpose for us. Either way, we can remember that God is the poet, and we are His poems. The One Year Daily Insights with Zig Ziglar January 8

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Focusing: A Wandering Generality or a Meaningful Specific?

Are you a “wandering generality” or a “meaningful specific?” These phrases are an aptly simple description for the state of one’s life or state of being .

A wandering generality is a person who drifts, strolls, and putters through life often in search of something they can’t point a finger toward and say, “This is it!” Life can feel listless and meaningless.

In the 1994 movie Forrest Gump , Tom Hanks portrays the prime example of a wandering generality with a knack for being at the right place at the right time. Perhaps the movie was intended as an absurd tribute and encouragement that good things do happen to wandering generalities?

City Slickers (1991) stars comedian Billy Crystal as Mitch Robbins, a 39-year-old, mid-career, middle management wandering generality yuppie who lacks focus. He’s desperately seeking … he doesn’t know what, but he knows he’s missing something. As a result, he’s mired in mediocrity and feels like he’s missing out on a life burning out like a fuse to death.

In a now legendary scene (photo above), Mitch rides his horse side by side with the crusty cowboy Curly (Jack Palance) and carries on this dialogue:

Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is?

Mitch: No. Curly: (Holding his index finger in the air pointing upward.) This.

Mitch: Your finger?

Curly: One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and everything else don’t mean shit.

Mitch: That’s great, but what’s the one thing? Curly: That’s what you’ve gotta figure out.

Most would say that a meaningful specific is a person who has figured out their “one thing” and is actively engaged in their life’s work. This is a noble but incomplete understanding of being a meaningful specific.

Focusing only on one’s “life’s work,” has dangerous downsides. Apart from the risk of workaholism, there’s — pardon the cliche — becoming a human doing instead of a human being. Our performance (what we do) becomes a fortress for securing our identity and measuring our self-worth. Except within those walls, we discover there’s a fine line between living behind a vault of protection or within a cell of imprisonment.

A well-built “one thing” facade along with a “doing” focus may advance a career but not fulfill the heart. As described in last week’s On-Purpose Post , anxiety mounts from having it so good, but not being in a good place.

Imagine the two of us riding horses on the open plains and preparing to drive cattle through a valley. Our conversation follows:

Kevin: Do you know what the secret of life is?

You: No. Kevin: (Holding up two fingers in a victory sign.) This.

You: Your two fingers?

Kevin: No, your 2-word purpose.

The obvious power of your 2-word purpose is that it is practical, actionable, and informative, especially for casting vision, detailing missions, and clarifying values. It’s about getting stuff done and having meaningful work.

The secret power of your purpose, however, is the intimate connection of your identity and security in the higher power of God. That’s the only place where unconditional love, fulfillment, and peace exist within. So no matter how bad the situation or challenging the circumstances of your tough shift event, your 2-word purpose is the key reminder for how you can refresh and restore your soul.

When Curly held up his index finger and pointed skyward, was he unconsciously pointing heavenward? Or, did Mitch (like many of us) misinterpret that Curly was actually saying, “Your answer is from above and that’s what you gotta figure out”? My guess is even the famous scriptwriter team of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel weren’t aware of their coded message.

You know your 2-word purpose so you have every potential to be an at-peace meaningful specific.

Be On-Purpose!

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The Importance of Being Specific with What You Want in Life

Why do you need to be specific with what you want to achieve out of your life? When it comes to setting goals and achieving them, we’re told that we need to be specific, but why? In this article, you’re going to discover the importance of being specific with what you want in life and how you can do that.

• “I want to be rich.”
• “I want to be happy.”
• “I want to travel the world.”

How many times have you heard about these phrases when it comes to identifying what we in our lives?

We all know what we want out of our lives, but there is one problem though – we’re not being specific with it.

And this is why most people fail to achieve their goals or materialize their dreams. They’re not being specific.

Imagine a friend of yours invite you to exercise together:

• “Hey, I’m going to exercise sometime this week, do you want to join?”
• “Hey, I’m hitting the gym at ABC tomorrow at 6 PM, do you want to join?”

Which question do you think is more powerful? And which scenario do you think is more likely to happen?

Obviously, the second scenario has more power and there is a higher chance that you’re going to hit the gym with the scenario.

That’s the power of being specific.

Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific. Zig Ziglar

When it comes to achieving what you want out of life or reaching your goals, you need to be specific.

The more specific you are, the better.

Most people fail to achieve the success they want because they are not being specific enough.

Here are a couple of reasons why specificity is important to your success:

1. Vague intention has no power

Yes, having a vague intention creates no power.

When you put a piece of paper under the hot sun, it won’t burn. But with the help of a magnifying glass, you can burn the paper within minutes.

When you focus the sunray to a point, it can burn the paper. The same principle applies to our lives.

When you are being vague, doing everything and running everywhere, when you’re not being specific, you can’t focus your energy.

But when you are specific, you can gather all your energy and focus it at one point. And that’s when the magic happens. You can “burn paper” because you’re being specific.

Take a look at all the successful people out there. They’re being super specific with what they want. And they focus all their energy into that one thing.

And this is why they can create extraordinary results in what they do.

When you’re being vague, you venture into everything. You try everything and you scatter your energy. You can’t burn paper when your energy isn’t focused.

This is how people become mediocre. They lack clarity in what they want. They don’t know where they want to go. And they don’t have a clear direction of where to go.

Never let this happens to you. Be specific with what you want.

Read: Why Clarity of Purpose is Important to Success and How to Get It

2. Being specific helps you craft a better plan

You know what, when you’re specific and when you know exactly what kind of results you’re pursuing, you can then make a better plan to get there.

Don’t say that you want to live a happy life because that’s vague and you’re not giving your mind clear instructions of what it needs to do to be happy.

What must happen for you to feel happy?

Ask yourself that question and the answers will help you be more specific.

Maybe living a debt free life is a happy life for you. So, what you need to do then is to work hard to pay off your debt. And as you see yourself progressing, slowly paying off your debt, you will be happy.

Now that’s being specific. Can you see the difference now?

When you are specific, you can easily formulate a plan or come up with actionable steps to achieve the things that you want.

But when you’re being vague, you can’t draft the plan or give your mind specific instructions on how to get there.

Read: How to Stay Focused on Your Goals

3. You become more proactive

Once, there was a study conducted to enhance influenza vaccination rates.

The researchers got the participants to write down when and where they were going to take the vaccination. And guess what, those who were prompted to write down when and where they were going to take the vaccine, saw an increase in doing so.

In other words, when you are being specific, you become proactive.

Just like when you say that you want to exercise, but if you’re not being specific, highly likely, you’re not going to carry out that plan.

But when you are being specific, like when you tell yourself you want to run in the park on Wednesday at 8 AM, your chances of performing the action will increase.

The reason is simple. When you are specific, you are instructing your mind as to what you want to do.

And your mind will constantly remind you about it because you’re being specific. When the time comes, you will take action and do it.

Therefore, if you are someone who always procrastinates or you think you’re someone lazy who doesn’t have the drive to do things, think again.

Maybe it is not because you’re lazy. Maybe it is because you’re not being specific with what you want and you’re not giving instructions to your brain.

Do you now know why successful people are hard-working? They take massive actions because they are specific. They know what they want.

4. Specificity motivates you and inspires others

Imagine you set yourself a goal to change your old car and get a new one. If your goal is “to change to a new car”, then you’re not being specific enough.

And this goal won’t give you much motivation.

However, when you are being specific, say like your goal is to sell your old car and buy a new white color Mercedes Benz E-350 by the end of the year, it drives you.

When I mentioned the car brand, the color, and the model, you can picture the car in your head. You can see it vividly in your mind’s eye.

As a result, you will feel emotionally connected with the goal. And guess what will happen then? You become motivated to achieve it.

Not just that, when you are specific, you inspire others too.

Why do you think people prefer to work in a bigger and visionary company like Tesla and Google? Well, it is because they are specific with their vision and mission.

When you work in a company that doesn’t have a clear goal or a specific vision, you won’t feel inspired to work.

This is how being specific can motivate you and inspire others.

So, remember, if you’re not feeling excited or motivated with your goals, check if your goals are specific.

Make your goals specific so you will feel motivated to achieve them.

5. Specificity saves time, energy, and money

Do I need to explain and elaborate this further? Being specific saves you time and money.

This is especially true if you’re a leader in a company. You can’t afford NOT to be specific.

When your instructions to your team or employees are not specific, you’ll create a lot of confusion.

Here’s something that happens in most of the companies: wasting time on unnecessary meetings. This is what you get when people are not being specific.

No matter what you want to achieve out of your life, being vague will waste you a lot of energy, time and money.

The more specific you are, the better you can communicate your desire with others. And that’s how you save time and get things done. I remembered I once hired a freelancer to help me design a website. And because I’m not being specific with the details that I wanted for my website, I ended up getting a website that was not what I wanted.

As for the freelancer, he has wasted a lot of time going back and forth with me to find out what I want.

Lesson learned. Be specific to save time, energy, and money.

6. You’re more likely to succeed

You should know by now that being specific increases your rate of success, right? If you’re not aware, please reread all the 5 points above again.

When you don’t know what you want or when you’re being vague, you’re setting yourself up to fail.

We all want to live a successful life, but what does success mean to you? Have you ever thought about that?

The first thing you want to do is to define the success you want.

You want to answer this question below:

“What has to happen for me to [RESULTS]?”

Answering this question makes you more specific with what you need to do to get the results you want.

The more you understand what exactly you want out of your life, the more control and power you have. And the more successful you will be.

Here are some guides to help you understand what you want out of your life so you can live better:

• 5 Ways How to Find Out What You Want Out of Your Life
• How to Find Your Purpose in Life
• How Do You Define Success And The Real Meaning Behind (Must Read)

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Being a sales rep is a tough job. From dealing with difficult prospects and stiff competition to the pressures of hitting quota, the profession can chip away at your motivation – but only if you let it.

The road to success isn’t easy, either. In fact, you’ve probably already read a few quotes sharing the same message.

There’s a reason motivational quotes are so popular: the best ones are simple and powerful. However, it’s likely that your (or your sales reps) have already heard or read the quotes that usually appear on these kinds of lists. And by repeating a message too often, you risk letting it grow stale.

It’s with that in mind that we compiled  50 inspirational sales quotes that your sellers might not have heard already . Some are lesser-known sayings of famous historical figures, while others are astute observations from accomplished sales experts and leaders. All of them can help your salespeople stay engaged and focused throughout the year.

So, what are we waiting for? Let’s get motivated!

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Sales Quotes to Motivate and Inspire [2019]

• “I never lose. I either win or learn.” – Nelson Mandela
• “Success looks a lot like failure up until the moment you break through the finish line.” – Dan Waldschmidt
• “True nobility is being superior to your former self.” – Ernest Hemingway
• “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson
• “Please think about your legacy, because you’re writing it every day.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
• “A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.” – William Shakespeare
• “Establishing trust is better than any sales technique.” – Mike Puglia
• “Don’t bother telling the world you are ready. Show it. Do it.” – Peter Dinklage
• “You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.” – Andy Warhol
• “Refuse to attach a negative meaning to the word ‘no.’ View it as feedback. ‘No’ tells you to change your approach, create more value or try again later.” – Anthony Iannarino

Motivational Sales Quotes from the Icons

1. “I never lose. I either win or learn.” – Nelson Mandela

2. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain

3. “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

4. “True nobility is being superior to your former self.” – Ernest Hemingway

5. “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson

6. “A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.” – William Shakespeare

7. “Don’t bother telling the world you are ready. Show it. Do it.” – Peter Dinklage

8. “You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.” – Andy Warhol

9. “If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it.” – Chester A. Arthur

10. “I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.” – Gustav Mahler

11. “Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Helen Keller, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

12. “Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb

13. “Humor is the universal solvent against the abrasive elements of life.” – Alan Simpson

14. “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” – Bruce Lee

15. “When you’re good at something, you’ll tell everyone. When you’re great at something, they’ll tell you.” – Walter Payton

16. “All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find it was in vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.” – T.E. Lawrence

17. “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” – Abraham Lincoln

18. “And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.” – Kurt Vonnegut

19. “There are three choices in life: be good, get good, or give up.” – Hugh Laurie ( as House )

20. “You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” – Walt Disney

21. “You’ve got enemies? Good, that means you stood up for something in your life.” – Eminem

22. “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie

23. “Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.” – John Wooden

24. “If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” – Steve Jobs

25. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West

Motivational Sales Quotes from the Experts

26. “Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.” – Zig Ziglar, legendary sales author and speaker

27. “Success looks a lot like failure up until the moment you break through the finish line.” – Dan Waldschmidt, Co-CEO, Edgy Inc.

28. “Please think about your legacy, because you’re writing it every day.” – Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO, VaynerMedia

 29. “Establishing trust is better than any sales technique.” – Mike Puglia, Chief Marketing Officer, Kaseya

30. “Refuse to attach a negative meaning to the word ‘no.’ View it as feedback. ‘No’ tells you to change your approach, create more value or try again later.” – Anthony Iannarino, best-selling author and keynote speaker

31. “The best salespeople know that their expertise can become their enemy in selling.” – Mike Bosworth, author, speaker and sales trainer, Mike Bosworth Leadership

32. “Today, the salesperson isn’t the sole conduit of information to the firms.  If the buyer has a poor experience with a seller, they’ll simply move onto the next channel.” – Mary Shea , Principal Analyst, Forrester Research

33. “Having the aspiration to be memorable is easy. The hard part is creating a crisp message you want others to articulate when you’re no longer in the room.” – Dr. Carmen Simon , Cognitive Neuroscientist, Memzy

34. “Willpower is a finite resource in every person’s day – if a work environment contains elements that further promote distraction, rep productivity could be drained even faster.” – Peter Zink, Director, Sales Training and Enablement, Forrester Research

35. “To be seen as a credible and trusted advisor, every touch you have with a customer should provide added value.” – Sharon Gillenwater, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Boardroom Insiders

36. “How you sell is more important than what you sell.” –  Andy Paul , author, speaker and strategist, Zero-Time Selling

37. “You don’t have to be liked to be trusted.” – Keenan , CEO/President, A Sales Guy

38. “You don’t have to be the smartest person in the room. You don’t have to rely on luck or getting a better territory. You just have to plan your work and work your plan. It works every time it’s tried.” – Kelly Riggs, Founder & President, The Business LockerRoom

39. “The greatest only become the greatest because they are willing to expose themselves to people who can help them become better. Your goal is to find those around who can and will do just that for you.” – Mark Hunter, sales speaker and trainer, The Sales Hunter

40. “Great sellers go into a meeting with multiple next-steps; this allows them to proactively respond if a plan does not unfold as planned.” – Tibor Shanto, Chief Sales Officer, Renbor Sales Solutions

41. “The focus from years of negative conditioning is to look at weaknesses or talents ranked lower instead of focusing on those strengths or talents ranked higher. To increase sales leadership we must begin with knowing one’s talents not one’s weaknesses.” – Leanne Hoagland-Smith, Chief Results Officer, Advanced Systems

42. “True productivity comes from allowing yourself to make mistakes. Do so, and you’ll succeed more often than any ten perfectionists.” – Laura Stack, CEO, The Productivity Pro

43. “Sales enablement can’t be reactive. It has to be a full-blown strategy that’s woven into the fabric of the company.” – Roderick Jefferson , CEO, Roderick Jefferson & Associates

44. “The top salespeople are usually the ones with the most activity; it doesn’t guarantee you will close more deals, but if you have no activity, you won’t be closing any deals.” – Colleen Honan , Chief Sales Officer, Brainshark

45. “If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.” – Seth Godin, Founder and CEO, Seth Godin Productions

Motivational Sales Quotes from… Someone

46. “Past performance is not indicative of future results.” – Stock exchange risk disclaimer

47. “The ordinary focus on what they’re getting. The extraordinary think about who they’re becoming.” – Unknown

48. “‘I can’ is 100 times more important than IQ.” – Unknown

49. “Never sacrifice who you are, just because someone has a problem with it.” – Unknown

50. “I will never quit. I persevere and thrive on adversity. My Nation expects me to be physically and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down, I will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my teammates and to accomplish our mission. I am never out of the fight.” – U.S. Navy SEALs credo

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Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.

We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular.

Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men.

We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.

Obvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose?

It is thus that the generality of mankind, whose lot is ignorance, attributes to the Divinity, not only the unusual effects which strike them, but moreover the most simple events, of which the causes are the most simple to understand by whomever is able to study them. In a word, man has always respected unknown causes, surprising effects that his ignorance kept him from unraveling. It was on this debris of nature that man raised the imaginary colossus of the Divinity.

We think in generalities, but we live in detail. To make the past live, we must perceive it in detail in addition to thinking of it in generalities.

I am looking forward very much to getting back to Cambridge, and being able to say what I think and not to mean what I say: two things which at home are impossible. Cambridge is one of the few places where one can talk unlimited nonsense and generalities without anyone pulling one up or confronting one with them when one says just the opposite the next day.

Art has no other object than to set aside the symbols of practical utility, the generalities that are conventionally and socially accepted, everything in fact which masks reality from us, in order to set us face to face with reality itself.

No organism can afford to be conscious of matters with which it could deal at unconscious levels.

Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing.

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

To the generality of men you cannot give a stronger hint for them to impose upon you than by imposing upon yourself.

The great generalities of the constitution have a content and a significance that vary from age to age.

For particulars, as everyone knows, make for virtue and happiness; generalities are intellectually necessary evils. Not philosophers but fretsawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone of society.

Mathematicians themselves set up standards of generality and elegance in their exposition which are a bar to understand.

In our struggle to understand the history of life, we must learn where to place the boundary between contingent and unpredictable events that occur but once and the more repeatable, lawlike phenomenon that may pervade life's history as generalities.

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.

For I am verily persuaded the generality of preachers talk of an unknown and unfelt Christ; and the reason why congregations have been so dead is, because they have had dead men preaching to them.

You can't wish for more wishes or for vague generalities like happiness that are impossible to grant. Your wish has to be something specific enough that I can use my wand to make it happen. Oh, and recently there's been a ban on inserting yourself into the Twilight series. The Cullens are tired of different teenage girls pinging into their story every time they turn around.

Such exaggerations have been so common that the public takes them with a grain of salt and partly excuses them as being due to the advertiser's license of self-assertiveness. Nevertheless, the fact remains that superlative generalities are weak arguments and far less convincing than a statement of facts. Much advertising copy would be improved immensely by doing away with brag and substituting actual facts about the merits of the article.

Generalities are intellectually necessary evils.

No generality has any weight whatever. It is like saying "how do you do?" When you have no intention of inquiring about ones health. But specific claims when made in print are taken at their value

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Quotes about Generality

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Generality is, indeed, an indispensable ingredient of reality; for mere individual existence or actuality without any regularity whatever is a nullity. Chaos is pure nothing. Votes: 4

For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver. Votes: 2

As soon as there is language, generality has entered the scene. Votes: 2

The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality. Votes: 2

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them. Votes: 2

Look, some people talk about their personal lives a lot; I try not to, unless it's more of a generality. Votes: 2

I am only conscious of any satisfaction in Scientific Reading or thinking when it rounds off into a poetical generality and vagueness. Votes: 2

Because all of biology is connected, one can often make a breakthrough with an organism that exaggerates a particular phenomenon, and later explore the generality. Votes: 2

The generality have considered that disease is but a confused and disordered effort in Nature, thrown down from her proper state, and defending herself in vain. Votes: 2

Since the generality of persons act from impulse, much more than from principle, men are neither so good nor so bad as we are apt to think them. Votes: 2

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness. Votes: 2

Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality. Votes: 2

Even before string theory, especially as physics developed in the 20th century, it turned out that the equations that really work in describing nature with the most generality and the greatest simplicity are very elegant and subtle. Votes: 2

So the proposition that the ideal parents for any child are its biological parents is a statement with which we can all agree in the generality, but which does not apply, for one reason or another, in many particular circumstances. Votes: 2

Guided only by their feeling for symmetry, simplicity, and generality, and an indefinable sense of the fitness of things, creative mathematicians now, as in the past, are inspired by the art of mathematics rather than by any prospect of ultimate usefulness. Votes: 2

Sometimes it occurs to me that the job of a serious cultural critic mostly consists in telling the generality of people that their opinions - on films, on books, on all manner of widgets, gadgets and even the latest electronic fidgets - simply aren't up to scratch. Votes: 2

Don't become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific. Votes: 0

War is a generality, so are the inevitabilities of war, including death. Votes: 0

Ambiguity lurks in generality and may thus become an instrument of severity. Votes: 0

This idea that there is generality in the specific is of far-reaching importance. Votes: 0

Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men. Votes: 0

The generality of men have, like plants, latent properties, which chance brings to light. Votes: 0

The intellect of the generality of women serves more to fortify their folly than their reason. Votes: 0

Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak. Votes: 0

We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation. Votes: 0

I think there is a blossom about me of something more distinguished than the generality of mankind. Votes: 0

The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality Votes: 0

Mathematicians themselves set up standards of generality and elegance in their exposition which are a bar to understand. Votes: 0

The generality of men expend the early part of their lives in contributing to render the latter part miserable. Votes: 0

It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate. Votes: 0

Euclid avoids it [the treatment of the infinite]; in modern mathematics it is systematically introduced, for only then is generality obtained. Votes: 0

God is basic Fact. He must not be thought of as a featureless generality. He is the most concrete thing there is. Votes: 0

To the generality of men you cannot give a stronger hint for them to impose upon you than by imposing upon yourself. Votes: 0

It is a novel constructed like a poem, where each character is only exceptional because if the hyperbolic manner in which he represents generality. Votes: 0

The generality of friends puts us out of conceit with friendship; just as the generality of religious people puts us out of conceit with religion. Votes: 0

That plenty should produce either covetousness or prodigality is a perversion of providence; and yet the generality of men are the worse for their riches. Votes: 0

Because all of biology is connected, one can often make a breakthrough with an organism that exaggerates a particular phenomenon, and later explore the generality. Votes: 0

We should work toward a universal linked information system, in which generality and portability are more important than fancy graphics techniques and complex extra facilities. Votes: 0

Americans, [John Adams] wrote in 1780, believed that their "revolution is as much for the benefit of the generality of Mankind in Europe, as for their own." Votes: 0

All that is alive tends toward color, individuality, specificity, effectiveness and opacity. All that is done with life inclines toward knowledge, abstraction, generality transfiguration and transparency. Votes: 0

The person who did most to give to analysis the generality and symmetry which are now its pride, was also the person who made mechanics analytical; I mean Euler. Votes: 0

beware how you contradict prejudices, even knowing them to be such, for the generality of people are much more tenacious of their prejudices than of anything belonging to them ... Votes: 0

I have the vagary of taking a lively interest in mathematical subjects only where I may anticipate ingenious association of ideas and results recommending themselves by elegance or generality. Votes: 0

As for methods I have sought to give them all the rigour that one requires in geometry, so as never to have recourse to the reasons drawn from the generality of algebra. Votes: 0

As for methods I have sought to give them all the rigour that one requires in geometry, so as never to have recourse to the reasons drawn from the generality of algebra." Votes: 0

It is good sense applied with diligence to what was at first a mere accident, and which by great application grew to be called, by the generality of mankind, a particular genius. Votes: 0

Extra features were once considered desirable. We now recognize that 'free' features are rarely free. Any increase in generality that does not contribute to reliability, modularity, maintainability, and robustness should be suspected. Votes: 0

The generality of men are so accustomed to judge of things by their senses that, because the air is indivisible, they ascribe but little to it, and think it but one remove from nothing. Votes: 0

Heroism, or military glory, is much admired by the generality of mankind. They consider it as the most sublime kind of merit. Menof cool reflection are not so sanguine in their praises of it. Votes: 0

The opinion I have of the generality of women--who appear to me as children to whom I would rather give a sugar plum than my time, forms a barrier against matrimony which I rejoice in. Votes: 0

For I am verily persuaded the generality of preachers talk of an unknown and unfelt Christ; and the reason why congregations have been so dead is, because they have had dead men preaching to them. Votes: 0

To lead means to direct and to exact, and no man dares do either - he might be unpopular. What authority we are given now is a trinity: the grin, the generality, and God (the Word).

No generality has any weight whatever. It is like saying "how do you do?" When you have no intention of inquiring about ones health. But specific claims when made in print are taken at their value

I have never had any great esteem for the generality of the fair sex, and my only consolation for being of that gender has been the assurance it gave me of never being married to any one among them.

Far be it from me, my dear sister, to depreciate such pleasures. They would doubtless be congenial with the generality of female minds. But I confess they would have no charms for me. I should infinitely prefer a book.

...the source of all great mathematics is the special case, the concrete example. It is frequent in mathematics that every instance of a concept of seemingly generality is, in essence, the same as a small and concrete special case.

I wish I could be honest and true, but truth as I see it is not something abstract, a pious generality---It is justice at work, righteous, demanding, disciplined, sincere and unswerving; otherwise, it is not, it cannot be truth at all.

We shall be less apt to admire what this World calls Great, shall nobly despise those Trifles the generality of Men set their Affections on, when we know that there are a multitude of such Earths inhabited and adorned as Well as our own.

Just as a chemist "isolates" a substance from contaminations that distort his view of its nature and effects, so the work of art purifies significant appearance. It presents abstract themes in their generality, but not reduced to diagrams.

I should tell you that honestly, on my honour of a Nearwicked, I always think in a wordworth's of that primed favourite continental poet, Daunty, Gouty and Shopkeeper, A.G., whom the generality admoyers in this that is and that this is to come.

One feature which will probably most impress the mathematician accustomed to the rapidity and directness secured by the generality of modern methods is the deliberation with which Archimedes approaches the solution of any one of his main problems.

The word 'security' is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment. The guarding of military and diplomatic secrets at the expense of informed representative government provides no real security ... .

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