The chief cause of failure is substituting what you want most for what you want now.

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"Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company."

- Zig Ziglar

Leadership

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

- Zig Ziglar

Motivation

"You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want."

- Zig Ziglar

Service

"There's no elevator to success."

- Zig Ziglar

Success

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

- Zig Ziglar

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"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline."

- Mortimer J. Adler

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"You will never always be motivated. You have to learn to be disciplined."

- Anon

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"Do not think about other things, there is only one thing you can do. So master that one thing. Do not forget. What you must imagine is always that you, yourself, are the strongest. You do not need outside enemies. For you, the one you have to fight is none other than your own image."

- Archer

Self-improvement

"You need to accept the fact that you’re not the best and have all the will to strive to be better than anyone you face."

- Roronoa Zoro

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"Take a page from the dragonfly's book – be vibrant and let your true colors shine"

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