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In your hands you hold the seeds of failure - or the potential for greatness.

Zig Ziglar

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Zig Ziglar
Age: 86 †
Born: 1926
Born: November 6
Died: 2012
Died: November 28
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Coffee County
Alabama
Failure
Hold
Hands
Seeds
Potential
Greatness

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I move forward in my life every day, even if it's only a tiny step, because I know that great things are accomplished with tiny moves, but nothing is accomplished by standing still
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Life is a classroom -- only those who are willing to be lifelong learners will move to the head of the class.
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Your first encounter of the day has a more direct bearing on your attitude for that day than your next five encounters.
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Children pay more attention to what you do than to what you say.
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Regardless of your past, your tomorrow is a clean slate.
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Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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