Zig Ziglar Quotes

ByMark

Zig Ziglar was a motivational speaker, an American author and a salesman. Below are some of the best Zig Ziglar quotes you will like.

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

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
– Zig Ziglar

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

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

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

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

“Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be”
– Zig Ziglar

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

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

“You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure”
– Zig Ziglar

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily”
– Zig Ziglar

“Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have”
– Zig Ziglar

“You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success”
– Zig Ziglar

“If you don’t see yourself as a winner then you cannot perform as a winner”
– Zig Ziglar

“Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it”
– Zig Ziglar

“Its not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you”
– Zig Ziglar

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

“You cannot tailor make the situations in life, but you can tailor make the attitudes to fit those situations before they arise”
– Zig Ziglar

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

“Action often precedes the feeling”
– Zig Ziglar

“You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success”
– Zig Ziglar

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily”
– Zig Ziglar

“There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic”
– Zig Ziglar

“Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street”
– Zig Ziglar

“For every sale you miss because you’re too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you’re not enthusiastic enough”
– Zig Ziglar

“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity”
– Zig Ziglar

“Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is”
– Zig Ziglar

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

“For every sale you miss because you’re too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you’re not enthusiastic enough”
– Zig Ziglar

“The way you see people is the way you treat them”
– Zig Ziglar

“You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself”
– Zig Ziglar

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

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

“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude”
– Zig Ziglar

“Every choice you make has an end result”
– Zig Ziglar

“Every obnoxious act is a cry for help”
– Zig Ziglar

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

“If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner”
– Zig Ziglar

“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”
– Zig Ziglar

“If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost”
– Zig Ziglar

“If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you’ll never end up with a nag”
– Zig Ziglar

“If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal”
– Zig Ziglar

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

“It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you use that makes a difference”
– Zig Ziglar

“Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds”
– Zig Ziglar

“Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side”
– Zig Ziglar

“People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons”
– Zig Ziglar

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily”
– Zig Ziglar

“People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace”
– Zig Ziglar

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

“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will”
– Zig Ziglar

“Remember that failure is an event, not a person”
– Zig Ziglar

“Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful”
– 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

“A goal properly set is halfway reached”
– Zig Ziglar

“A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job”
– Zig Ziglar

“Building a better you is the first step to building a better America”
– Zig Ziglar

“Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds”
– Zig Ziglar

“Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street”
– Zig Ziglar

“Just remember, when you should grab something, grab it; when you should let go, let go”
– Zig Ziglar

“You are the only person on earth who can use your ability”
– Zig Ziglar

“If you want to reach a goal, you must ‘see the reaching’ in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal”
– Zig Ziglar

“You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want”
– Zig Ziglar

“Money won’t make you happy… but everybody wants to find out for themselves”
– Zig Ziglar

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

“For every sale you miss because you’re too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you’re not enthusiastic enough”
– Zig Ziglar

“Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust”
– Zig Ziglar

“Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory”
– Zig Ziglar

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily”
– Zig Ziglar

“The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty”
– Zig Ziglar

“You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure”
– Zig Ziglar

“Success is dependent upon the glands – sweat glands”
– 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

“You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want”
– Zig Ziglar

“Money isn’t the most important thing in life, but it’s reasonably close to oxygen on the gotta have it scale”
– Zig Ziglar

“Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds”
– Zig Ziglar

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

“If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want”
– Zig Ziglar

“f God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments”
– Zig Ziglar

“Success is not a destination, it’s a journey”
– Zig Ziglar

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

“Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be”
– Zig Ziglar

“Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough”
– Zig Ziglar