Zig Ziglar Quotes

“Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.”

“When management and labor (employer and employee) both understand they are all on the same side, then each will prosper more.”

“Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.”

“When you are truly interested in other people, you will learn what they are interested in and if they have a need for your product. If they like you, and most people like folks who take an interest in them, they'll help you find people who do need what you have to sell, even if they don't.”

“Setting goals helps bring your future into your present and the present is the only time we can take action.”

“Keep trying. It's only from the valley that the mountain seems high.”

“Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.”

“Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come.”

“A goal properly set is halfway reached.”

“I'm a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word 'grow'.”

“All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.”

“Great quotes make the light bulb go off in my mind. If you're like me, you'll jump at the chance to bypass all the churning and scoop the cream right off the top ~ that is what quotes are . . . the cream of our learning!”

“Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his/her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people.”

“If you can dream it, you can achieve it.”

“When you plan and prepare carefully, you can legitimately expect to have success in your efforts. An optimistic, positive mind is far more likely to come up with creative solutions than a mind that dwells on setbacks and difficulties. Bottom line: expect success and you can achieve it!”

“It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.”

“A smile is your greatest social asset.”

“Fewer people are bent from hard work than are crooked from avoiding it.”

“The past is your LESSON. The present is your GIFT. The future is your MOTIVATION.”

“You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.”

“Habits are funny things. What's funny, or rather tragic, is that bad habits are so predictable and avoidable. Despite this, there are people by the millions who insist on acquiring habits that are bad, expensive, and create problems. The habit they weren't going to get, got them!”

“Now's the best time you'll ever have in life to get ahead!”

“Most x-rated films are advertised as "adult entertaintment,"for "mature adults," when in reality they are juvenile entertainment for immature and insecure people.”

“Positive thinking will let you use the abilities, training and experience you have.”

“With definite goals you release your own power, and things start happening.”

“I would rather train someone and lose them, than not train them and keep them”

“Far too many people make promises they can never keep. They may have the best intentions in the world to keep their promise-but if they have not made a plan to keep it, they will not be able to do it.”

“Of all the 'attitudes' we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing.”

“By the mile it's a trial, but by the inch it's a cinch.”

“I wouldn't say 'most' people are prone to negativity. I think it's probably that most people allow negativity to color their thinking, depending on circumstances, but I also believe most people make the necessary efforts to return to positive thinking as quickly as possible.”

“Goals are the links in the chain that connect activity to accomplishment.”

“Circumstances don't create character. They reveal character.”

“Happiness is like a kiss, in order to get any good out of it, you have to give it to someone else.”

“We cannot build our lives around what might happen tomorrow.”

“Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet. Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.”

“Your mind doesn't know the difference between reality and fantasy. Your mindacts on what you feed it. Feed it good thoughts.”

“Spend time with those you love. One of these days you will say either, 'I wish I had', or 'I'm glad I did.'”

“Quit counting time and start making time count”

“It makes no difference where you go, there you are. And it makes no difference what you have, there’s always more to want. Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.”

“You don't pay the price for success, you enjoy the benefits of success.”

“Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.”

“It's easier to explain price once than to apologize for quality forever.”

“When you make a mistake, be excited! Analyze what happened, and learn from it.”

“Quite frequently, he who goes too fast gets there too late - or not at all.”

“When I discipline myself to eat properly, live morally, exercise regularly, grow mentally and spiritually, and not put any drugs or alcohol in my body, I have given myself the freedom to be at my best, perform at my best, and reap all the rewards that go along with it.”

“Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.”

“Your thinking today determines your performance today.”

“When we clearly understand that there is no superior sex or superior race, we will have opened the door of communication and laid the foundation for building winning relationships with all people in this global world of ours.”

“If you set the example you will not have to set the rules.”

“Our problem is that we make the mistake of comparing ourselves to other people. You are not inferior or superior to any human being...You do not determine your success by comparing yourself to others, rather you determine your success by comparing your accomplishments to your capabilities. You are 'number one' when you do the best you can with what you have.”