"In your hands you hold the seeds..." - Quote by Zig Ziglar

“A child is born to win, but too many have been conditioned to lose.”

“Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to [grow and] become successful. For that reason it makes sense to be grateful for adversities that help you grow, even if it is only in understanding and compassion for other's suffering.”

“I've always taught that a poor economy is the best opportunity for salespeople because the naysayers and grumblers have already given up, leaving more territory, more opportunities to be successful than in a good economy when virtually all salespeople are out there, giving it their best.”

“I believe each human being has the potential to change, to transform one’s own attitude, no matter how difficult the situation.”

“We are wiser than we know.”

“Even now I wonder what I might have accomplished if I'd studied harder”

“If you could avoid all your mistakes, you'd miss everything you learned from them.”

“In order to succeed greatly, you have to be prepared to fail greatly. If you can't do both of them, you've got a problem.”

“A reporter called on Edison to interview him about a substitute for lead in the manufacture of storage batteries that the scientist was seeking. Edison informed the man that he had made 20,000 experiments but none had worked. "Aren't you discouraged by all this waste of effort?" the reporter asked. Edison: "Waste! There's nothing wasted. I have discovered 20,000 things that won't work."”