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The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now
Zig Ziglar
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Zig Ziglar
Age: 86 †
Born: 1926
Born: November 6
Died: 2012
Died: November 28
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You'll never meet a happy ungrateful person, or an unhappy grateful person because gratitude and happiness go together. Sometimes happiness precedes gratitude but often gratitude precedes happiness. The latter is achieved by realising things could be worse but aren't and so feeling relieved, grateful and happy.
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One of the ways we communicate that we can be trusted is in the way we care for other people.
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I wouldn't say 'most' people are prone to negativity. I think it's probably that most people allow negativity to color their thinking, depending on circumstances, but I also believe most people make the necessary efforts to return to positive thinking as quickly as possible.
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Success is not a destination: It is a journey. The happiest people I know are those who are busy working toward specific objectives. The most bored and miserable people I know are those who are drifting along with no worthwhile objectives in mind.
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When you look at the possibilities instead of the problems, the future is filled with endless opportunities
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Say no to the good and say yes to the best.
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Live in such a way that if someone should speak badly of you, no one would believe it.
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The more bitter the desert experience, the sweeter the water of the oasis. The more I understand myself, the more effectively I can work with others.
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If you don't plan your time, someone else will help you waste it.
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Kids instinctively know - although they will argue to the contrary - that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues.
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We all need a daily checkup from the neck up to avoid stinkin' thinkin' which ultimately leads to hardening of the attitudes.
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Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.
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The best time to do something significant is between yesterday and tomorrow.
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If you go out looking for friends, they'll be scarce. If you go out looking to be one, you'll have all the friends you need.
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Obviously, there is little you can learn from doing nothing.
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The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
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What defines us is how well we rise after we fall.
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People who accomplish great things work toward their objectives every day.
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New information makes new and fresh ideas possible.
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Your mate doesn't live by bread alone he or she needs to be 'buttered up' from time to time.
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