Quotes by Zig Ziglar


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

Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
– Zig Ziglar

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.
– 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
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
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
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
Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the gotta have it scale.
– 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
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
– Zig Ziglar
You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
– Zig Ziglar
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
– Zig Ziglar
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
– Zig Ziglar
You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.
– 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
When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
– Zig Ziglar
The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.
– Zig Ziglar
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
– Zig Ziglar
Remember that failure is an event, not a person.
– Zig Ziglar
People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.
– Zig Ziglar
Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves.
– 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
If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
– Zig Ziglar
If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.
– Zig Ziglar
I've always taught that a poor economy is the best opportunity for salespeople because the naysayers and grumblers have already given up, leaving more territory, more opportunities to be successful than in a good economy when virtually all salespeople are out there, giving it their best.
– Zig Ziglar
Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.
– Zig Ziglar
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
– Zig Ziglar
A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.
– Zig Ziglar