Zig Ziglar Quotes

Only men of character are trusted.

You can disagree without being disagreeable.

When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that's when passion is born.

The pages of your past cannot be rewritten, but the pages of your tomorrows are blank.

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

The door to a balanced success opens widest on the hinges of hope and encouragement.

The definition of success is getting many of the things money can buy and all the things money can't buy.

If it's a principle, it's a winner. If it's a tactic, it's a loser.

It's not where you start but where you finish that counts.

With integrity you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt. With fear and guilt removed you are free to be and do your best.

Things don't just happen, people make them happen

You can change. You can be more than you are.

Outside of love, no two things are more valued in another person than trust and loyalty.

Many people say, "When I get a million dollars, then I'll be happy because I'll have security," but that's not necessarily so. Most people who acquire a million dollars want another and then another. Or they could be like a good friend of mine who made and lost every dime of a million dollars. It didn't bother him a bit. He wasn't excited about it, but he explained to me, "Zig, I still know everything necessary to make another million dollars, and I've learned what to do not to lost it. I'll simply go back to work and earn it again.

People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest.

In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!

Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.

When we change the input into our minds, we change the output into our lives.

Are you a SNIOP? Someone who is Sensitive to the Negative Influence Of Others?

Your life can't go according to plan if you have no plan.

You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.

I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.

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

For 40 hours a week competition is awfully stiff but after that there's very little competition .

I'm not gonna give up, shut up, or let up, until I'm taken up... as a matter of fact, I'm just getting warmed up.

Check the records; there has never been an undisciplined person who was a champion. Regardless of the field of endeavor, you'll find this to be true.

People who build hope into their own lives and who share hope with others become powerful people.

You cannot achieve someone else's goals.

Encouragement is the fuel on which hope runs.

Responsibility and commitment are key elements in meeting obligations.

Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.

When you have passion for something you find a way to make it happen - this is the panacea to success.

Failure is an event, never a person; an attitude, not an outcome; a temporary inconvenience; a stepping stone. Our response to it determines just how helpful it can be.

Failure doesn't come from falling down, failure comes from not getting up

Passion - and humor will permit all of us to do some marvelous things.

Concentrated thoughts produce desired results.

Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.

Making the family a top priority will invariably bring success.

The profile of a wealthy person is this hard work, perseverance, and most of all, self-discipline.

There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.

Life really is like a grindstone, in that it will either grind you down or polish you up.

The fear of loss is greater than the desire for gain.

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

When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.

Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.

People who won’t take step number one never take step number two.

A smart salesperson listens to emotions not facts.

For every sale you miss because you're too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough.

Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you.

If you don't like the way you are, don't worry about it. You can change the way you are.

Success and happiness are not destinations, they are exciting, never-ending journeys.

One of the ways we communicate that we can be trusted is in the way we care for other people.

There is power in words. What you say is what you get.

When you break goal into increment and start controlling your time, things begin to happen.

Most of the problems in life are because of two reasons, we act without thinking or we keep thinking without acting.

The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models.

Life is a classroom -- only those who are willing to be lifelong learners will move to the head of the class.

It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.

A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.