“Man was designed for accomplishment, engineered for success & endowed with the seeds of greatness”
“Man was designed for accomplishment, engineered for success and endowed with the seeds of greatness” (also “You are/were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success and endowed with the seeds of greatness” and “We are designed for accomplishment, engineered for success and endowed with the seeds of greatness” and “We are designed for accomplishment, engineered for success and endowed with the seeds of greatness”) is a saying from American author, salesman, and motivational speaker Zig Ziglar (1926-2012). The saying has been printed on many images.
“Man was designed for accomplishment, engineered for success and endowed with the seeds of greatness” was printed in the book Biscuits, Fleas, and Pump Handles (1974) by Zig Ziglar. “You were created for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with The Seeds of Greatness” was printed in the Lincoln (NE) Star on January 22, 1977. “For we are designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness” was printed in the Crowley (LA) Post Signal on January 7, 1996.
Wikipedia: Zig Ziglar
Hilary Hinton “Zig” Ziglar (November 6, 1926 – November 28, 2012) was an American author, salesman, and motivational speaker.
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Biscuits, Fleas, and Pump Handles
By Zig Ziglar
Dallas, TX: Update
1974
Pg. 30:
Without exception, these people believe that man “was designed for accomplishment, engineered for success and endowed with the seeds of greatness.”
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See You at the Top
By Zig Ziglar
Gretna, La: Pelican Pub. Co.
1977
Pg. 387:
That man was created in God’s own image and is designed for accomplishment, engineered for success and endowed with the seeds of greatness.
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22 January 1977, Lincoln (NE) Star, pg. 7, Col. 3 ad:
POSSIBILITIES
You were created for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with The Seeds of Greatness.
(First Assembly.—ed.)
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Esquire
Volume 92
1979
Pg. 88:
“Because all of you are designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.”
This is already the fourth time I have heard Ziglar’s success story in the two days I have been in Dallas: ...
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28 March 1989, La Crosse (WI) Tribune, pg. C-6, col. 6 ad:
I received a mailing from the Zig Ziglar Corporation and on the envelope was an eye-catching phrase. “You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.”
(Newsradio 14.—ed.)
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Back Injury Prevention Handbook
By David W. Apts
Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis
1991
Pg. 41:
DESIGNED FOR SUCCESS II
Another Zig saying I like is this: Man is designed for accomplishment, engineered for success and endowed with the seeds of greatness.”
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7 January 1996, Crowley (LA) Post Signal, “Memories of 1995,” pg. 6, cols. 2-3:
For we are designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.
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The Success Cycle:
You Can Sell Anything With This System
By Roger Cawiezell, CLU, CHFC
Xlibris Corporation (Xlibris.com)
2012
Pg. 153:
“SEE YOU AT THE TOP!”
ZIG ZIGLAR
We are designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness. This is a belief you must adopt and store in your subconscious.
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The Strengthspath Principle:
Your Roadmap to Career Success
By Dale Cobb
Bloomington, IN: WestBow Press
2016
Pg. ?:
Zig Ziglar rightly inspired when he said, “We are designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.”
I would add that we are
Designed differently
Engineered uniquely
Endowed with seeds that bloom in varied colors, shades and hues