Living Wisdom

Living wisdom is about learning from experience and using this knowledge to think and act in ways that can bring about beneficial change in your life.

Applying wisdom to everyday life is best shown through positive action, not just positive thinking; decisions, not just great ideas; good choices, not just insight; and common sense, not just perception.

I believe when we open our minds, we open our lives to the treasury of wisdom that exists within us and around us. When you find it, use it to make the most of your life and always remember to share it with others.

Enjoy this selected list of incredibly wise truths from the late Zig Ziglar, an American motivational speaker who inspired many. May his words give you encouragement for life.

Life Wisdom:

-Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success.

-It's not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you.

-Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it.

-The better person you become, the better person you will attract.

-Winners evaluate themselves in a positive manner and look for their strengths as they work to overcome weaknesses.

-Worry is the most significant factor that relates to the root of negative thinking.

-Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow you reap. What you give you get. What you see in others exists in you.

-Surround yourself with people who want the best for you and the people you love.

-Getting knocked down in life is a given; getting up and moving forward is a choice.

-The result of information overload is usually distraction, and it dilutes your focus and takes you off your game.

-If you always do what you've always done, you're always going to get what you've always gotten.

-You are what you are and where you are because of what's gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.

-If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.

-If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.

-Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand-new day. And it's yours.

-You are the most influential person you will talk to all day.

-When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

-You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

-You cannot consistently perform in a manner which is inconsistent with the way you see yourself.

-Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable.

-Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability, but from lack of commitment.

-You hit what you aim at, and if you aim at nothing you will hit it every time.

-We cannot start over, but we can begin now, and make a new beginning.

-The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.

-Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

-Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

-Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

-Every choice you make has an end result.

-Others can stop you temporarily- you are the only one who can do it permanently.

-You have to feed your mind daily with the good, clean, pure, powerful and positive.

-The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now.

-Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. Worst people give you a lesson. Best people give you memories.

-Your attitude, not your aptitude, determines your altitude.

-Do more, give more, try harder, aim higher, and give thanks. The rewards will be yours.

-The 3 C's of life: Choices, Chances, Changes. You must make a choice to take a chance or your life will never change.

-F-E-A-R has two meanings: 'Forget Everything And Run' or 'Face Everything And Rise.' The choice is yours.

-All of us are not born with equal opportunities. But over a period of time, regardless of our parentage, place of birth, prospects in our communities, or education, the day comes when we have to make the choice to let our past teach us- or beat us.


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