Zig Ziglar
American author and motivational speaker, 1926-2012
84 quotes.
Quotes by Zig Ziglar
- A clear rejection is always better than a fake promise.
- Always remember that failure is an event, not a person.
- Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
- Desire is the ingredient that changes the hot water of mediocrity to the steam of outstanding success.
- Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.
- Don't become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.
- Don't count the things you do, do the things that count.
- Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
- F-E-A-R has two meanings: 'Forget Everything And Run' or 'Face Everything And Rise.' The choice is yours.
- Failure has been correctly identified as the line of least persistence.
- Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
- Failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night.
- Fewer people are bent from hard work than are crooked from avoiding it.
- Go so far as you can see and when you get there you will always be able to see farther.
- God doesn't call us to be successful; He calls us to be significant.
- Happiness is not pleasure; it is victory.
- Humility will open more doors than arrogance ever will.
- If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.
- If you don't plan your time, someone else will help you waste it.
- If you don't save something on your current income, you won't save anything on your future income.
- 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.
- If you learn from defeat, then you haven't really lost!
- It is your attitude, not your aptitude, that determines your altitude.
- It's not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you.
- It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
- Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem.
- Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.
- Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get. What you see in others, exists in you.
- Making a big life change is pretty scary. But know what’s even scarier? Regret.
- Man was designed for accomplishment, engineered for success and endowed with seeds of greatness.
- Money is not the most important thing, but when you need it, there are few substitutes. So, while I like the things money can buy, I love what money won't buy. Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night's sleep, a house, but not a home, a companion, but not a friend.
- Money isn't everything ...but it ranks up there with Air and Oxygen.
- Most of the problems in life are because of two reasons, we act without thinking or we keep thinking without acting.
- Most people find fault like there's a reward for it.
- Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.
- One small positive thought can change your whole day.
- Opportunity does not lie in the job; it lies in the individual who looks at the possibilities instead of the problems.
- Others can stop you temporarily; you are the only one who can do it permanently.
- Outside of love, no two things are more valued in another person than trust and loyalty.
- Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.