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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.

Zig Ziglar

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Zig Ziglar
Age: 86 †
Born: 1926
Born: November 6
Died: 2012
Died: November 28
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Motivational Speaker
Writer
Coffee County
Alabama
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Encounter
Encounters
Direct
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Life really is like a grindstone, in that it will either grind you down or polish you up.
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A true leader produces more leaders.
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Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
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Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try.
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What defines us is how well we rise after we fall.
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Once a need is satisfied, it is no longer a motivator. Satisfaction does not increase motivation
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God's way is still the best way.
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The most destitute person in the world is the one without a smile.
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