Zig Ziglar Quotes

Information can bring you choices and choices bring power - educate yourself about your options and choices. Never remain in the dark of ignorance.

Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power.

Knowledge is not a guarantee of good political behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior.

The only real difference between a wise man and a fool, Moore knew, was that the wise man tended to make more serious mistakes—and only because no one trusted a fool with really crucial decisions; only the wise had the opportunity to lose battles, or nations.

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.

To live effectively is to live with adequate information.

Democracy requires that those who bear the consequences of decisions have enough knowledge to hold the decision-makers accountable.

I would encourage you: be informed - knowledge is power.

We can all make better decisions when we're informed.

The more we educate folks, the more it will help them make informed policy decisions.

But why allow someone to make a bad choice when a little information might engender a better one? It's hard to wake up and see the sun if the blinds are pulled.

Even as a youngster, though, I could not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presented danger, the solution was ignorance. To me, it always seemed that the solution had to be wisdom. You did not refuse to look at danger, rather you learned how to handle it safely.

The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.If you take nothing else from what I've been through, at least remember this: make your choices well. Because you'll always be accountable for them. That's what being an adult is all about.

Wisdom is exercised in the choices you make.

Daddy always said that an option that you know to have a bad outcome is only a fool's option, i.e., not an option at all. And I liked to think that Daddy hadn't raised a fool.

Consistently wise decisions can only be made by those whose wisdom is constantly challenged.

Use wisely your power of choice.

Before you ask more questions, think about whether you really want to know the answers.

We seem to have trouble with [critical thinking]. And our political system doesn't help.

Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered what I call the fact-founded, thought-through approach to decision making.

Knowing what I now know I would never have done anything so fatuous; but then I never would have known what I know now had I not.

Know how to choose well. Most of life depends thereon. It needs good taste and correct judgment, for which neither intellect nor study suffices.

The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.

Sometimes you simply made the wrong choice and you had to live with it. You could only change the future.