Zig Ziglar Quotes

“If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.”

“You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.”

“Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.”

“Happiness is not pleasure — it is victory.”

“Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.”

“Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.”

“You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want.”

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

“Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people.”

“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could”

“You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”

“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.”

“Go as far as you can see and you will see further.”

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

“Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.”

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

“Remember that failure is an event, not a person.”

“You never know when a moment and a
few sincere words can have an impact on a life.”

“it's not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.”

“If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.”

“The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now”

“Make today worth remembering.”

“If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.”

“The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for”

“F-E-A-R has two meanings: 'Forget Everything And Run' or 'Face Everything And Rise.' The choice is yours.”

“It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action and discipline that enabled us to follow through.”

“Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly--until you can learn to do it well.”

“Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable.”

“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.”

“Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.”

“Others can stop you temporarily — you are the only one who can do it permanently.”

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

“If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”

“You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.”

“Failure is an event not a person”

“Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting — in the trying, not the triumph.”

“Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.”

“Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there”

“The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.”

“Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.”

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.”

“Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.”

“You cannot consistently perform in a manner which is inconsistent with the way you see yourself.”

“When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.”

“Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.”

“A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.”

“If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.”

“If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.”

“Everybody says they want to be free. Take the train off the tracks and it’s free-but it can’t go anywhere.”

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

“Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.”

“You can succeed at almost anything for which you have unbridled enthusiasm.”

“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.”

“A goal properly set is halfway reached.”

“Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.”

“Ask yourself a question: Is my attitude worth catching?”

“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.”

“money is not everything but it ranks right up there with oxygen”

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

“Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.”

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

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

“Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give him one of yours. ~”

“It's not where you start or even what happens to you along the way that's important. What is important is that you persevere and never give up on yourself.”

“Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.”