Zig Ziglar Quotes

There's not a lot you can do about the national economy but there is a lot you can do about your personal economy. ~ Zig Ziglar

Why we are here is important, but to know where we are going is imperative. It's not what you've got, it's what you use, that makes a difference in how your life turns out. ~ Zig Ziglar

Children pay more attention to what you do than to what you say. ~ Zig Ziglar

When we give it all, we can live with ourselves - regardless of the results. ~ Zig Ziglar

Setting goals helps bring your future into your present and the present is the only time we can take action. ~ Zig Ziglar

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! ~ Zig Ziglar

The THINGS that COUNT most IN LIFE ARE the THINGS that CAN'T BE COUNTED. ~ Zig Ziglar

Everyone, including you, just naturally feels better when exposed to a cheerful, optimistic individual, regardless of the nature or length of the contact. ~ Zig Ziglar

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

Fact: If standard of living is your number one objective, quality of life almost never improves. But if quality of life is your number one objective, standard of living invariably improves. ~ Zig Ziglar

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. ~ Zig Ziglar

It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom. ~ Zig Ziglar

There is a difference between standard of living and quality of life. Quality of life is more important. ~ Zig Ziglar

Regardless of your lot in life, build something beautiful on it. ~ Zig Ziglar

I would rather train someone and lose them, than not train them and keep them ~ Zig Ziglar

Your understanding of what you read and hear is, to a very large degree, determined by your vocabulary, so improve your vocabulary daily. ~ Zig Ziglar

The hardening of the attitudes is the most deadly disease on the face of the earth. ~ Zig Ziglar

Every choice you make has an end result. ~ Zig Ziglar

Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you. ~ Zig Ziglar

Make finding the good in others a priority ~ Zig Ziglar

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles. ~ Zig Ziglar

I hear and forget. I see and hear and I remember. However, when I see, hear and do, I understand and succeed. ~ Zig Ziglar

When you give a man a dole you deny him his dignity, and when you deny him his dignity you rob him his destiny. ~ Zig Ziglar

If my life has had a theme, I suppose it has been a typical American theme in that, for most of it, I have been looking for happiness and success. ~ Zig Ziglar

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. The best is yet to come. ~ Zig Ziglar

If you are always racing to the next moment, what happens to the one you're in. ~ Zig Ziglar

Lectures often confuse our kids, but the example we set is crystal clear. ~ Zig Ziglar

When you look at the possibilities instead of the problems, the future is filled with endless opportunities ~ Zig Ziglar

Practice is simply preparation for success. ~ Zig Ziglar

Just as ships are built to sail the seas and planes to fly the heavens, so is man created for a purpose. ~ Zig Ziglar

We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone. ~ Zig Ziglar

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time. ~ Zig Ziglar

When I became proficient as a salesman I was invited to teach new hires. ~ Zig Ziglar

Giving is like a muscle. To be strong, you have to exercise it, and to grow as a person, giving is the exercise. You can't really enjoy anything without sharing it. ~ Zig Ziglar

Make today worth remembering. ~ Zig Ziglar

Don't become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific. ~ Zig Ziglar

Great doors of opportunity swing on the tiny hinges of obedience. - IKE REIGHARD ~ Zig Ziglar

Trust is the byproduct of integrity. ~ Zig Ziglar

Men are stupid. That much I know for sure. They say stupid things. They do stupid things. They hurt you for stupid reasons. But we love them all the same. My fiancee can be as stupid as can be at times, but then again so can I. We all can. Lets face it, life and love would be boring if we were all straight laced and smart. ~ Zig Ziglar

Never make a promise without a plan. ~ Zig Ziglar

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

Failure is an event, it is not a person. ~ Zig Ziglar

A good relationship is when someone accepts your past, supports your present and encourages your future. ~ Zig Ziglar

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. ~ Zig Ziglar

You cannot achieve someone else's goals. ~ Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar may be the master motivator, Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield of Chicken Soup for the Soul, the master story tellers; Anthony Robbins may be the guru of personal development, but Bob Proctor is a master thinker. When it comes to systemizing life, no one can touch him. ~ Doug Wead

You never know when one act, or one word of encouragement can change a life forever. ~ Zig Ziglar

The way you see yourself today will affect your performance today. ~ Zig Ziglar

It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one. ~ Zig Ziglar

If standard of living is your major objective, quality of life almost never improves, but if quality of life is your number one objective, your standard of living almost always improves. ~ Zig Ziglar

Once you learn to do something consciously, you can move it into the subconscious and do it well. Everything you do well will be done subconsciously. ~ Zig Ziglar

The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling. ~ Zig Ziglar

The only way to reach the mountain peaks of life is to forget about self and help other people reach greater heights. ~ Zig Ziglar

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now ~ Zig Ziglar

Desire is the ingredient that changes the hot water of mediocrity to the steam of outstanding success. ~ Zig Ziglar

Obviously, raw talent is important, but the difference-maker between first and the rest of the pack is usually desire. ~ Zig Ziglar

Every time passionate people fail, they are convinced that they are simply one step closer to fulfilling their dream. ~ Zig Ziglar

Give the world your best and you will get the best out of the world. ~ Zig Ziglar

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Don't let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours. ~ Zig Ziglar

Peak performance is dependent on passion, grit, determination, and a willingness to do something poorly until you can do it well. ~ Zig Ziglar

Ask yourself a question: Is my attitude worth catching? ~ Zig Ziglar

Making a big life change is pretty scary. But know what's even scarier? Regret. ~ Zig Ziglar

You don't have to be great to start, you have to start to be great. ~ Zig Ziglar

If you do not believe in your product or service enough to offer it to your own family and friends, then you should question the value of what you are selling. ~ Zig Ziglar

To get what you want help others get what they want ~ Zig Ziglar

You can get everything in your life, if you help other people to get what they want ~ Zig Ziglar

I am truly grateful that faith enables me to move past the question of 'Why?' ~ Zig Ziglar

I read for the 'ah-ha's,' the information that makes a light bulb go off in my mind. I want to put information in my mind that is going to be the most beneficial to me, my family and my fellow man - financially, morally, spiritually, and emotionally. ~ Zig Ziglar

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

If you're going to have to swallow a frog, you don't want to have to look at that sucker too long! ~ Zig Ziglar

If you're sincere, praise is effective. If you're insincere, it's manipulative. ~ Zig Ziglar

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have. ~ Zig Ziglar

I took up an offer for me to lose 30 pounds in 30 days. It worked. I lost 30 days! ~ Zig Ziglar

Even a two-car parade gets fouled up if you don't decide ahead of time who's going to lead. ~ Zig Ziglar

You can never get ahead by trying to get even. ~ Zig Ziglar

There's no way you can look into the game of
life and determine whether or not you'll get that big break tomorrow or whether
it will take another week, month, year or even longer. But it will come! ~ Zig Ziglar

The day our memories become larger than our dreams is the day our soul begins to shrink. - IKE REIGHARD ~ Zig Ziglar

What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mind. ~ Zig Ziglar

It's a great day! And if you don't think it's a great day, just try missing one. ~ Zig Ziglar

My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture. ~ Zig Ziglar

If you will be hard on yourself, life will be easy on you. But if you insist upon being easy on yourself, life is going to be very hard on you. ~ Zig Ziglar

God will take care of what you go through. You take care of how you go through it. ~ Zig Ziglar

From wherever you are, you can go anywhere you want to go if you pick the right roads to travel. ~ Zig Ziglar

There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used. ~ Zig Ziglar

Life is a ladder, it's not a bed ~ Zig Ziglar

Individuals score points, but teams win games. This is true in athletic events and in life. If you make it in life, your "team" of parents, teachers, ministers, etc., will have played a major role in your success. ~ Zig Ziglar

Much about success is just the result of simply the ability to follow up, follow through, and finish what we started. ~ Zig Ziglar

Secrets of Closing the Sale, is essential reading. Ziglar tells us that selling and closing are not mysteries to be solved; instead they are as tangible as when his wife up-sold him on a new house. ~ Zig Ziglar

You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people. ~ Zig Ziglar

Timid salesmen have skinny kids. ~ Zig Ziglar

Mary Kay was the wholesome personification of the American dream. For women everywhere, she brought the impossible dream to life by making it a reality. She was a very wise lady. She was a people person. She was very sensitive to the importance of recognizing people. ~ Zig Ziglar

Are you a meaningful specific or a wandering generality ? ~ Zig Ziglar

I'm not in the speech making business. I'm not in the seminar business. I'm not in the writing book business. I'm in the changing lives business. ~ Zig Ziglar

What you do today can change all the tomorrow's of your life. ~ Zig Ziglar

You don't build a business
you build people
and then people build the business. ~ Zig Ziglar

Hope is the foundational quality of all change, and encouragement is the fuel which keeps hope alive. ~ Zig Ziglar

Failure is an event not a person ~ Zig Ziglar

Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business. ~ Zig Ziglar

Hard times always uncover the basic goodness and evil of the day. ~ Zig Ziglar