Zig Ziglar Quotes & Sayings

We build our character from the bricks of habit we pile up day by day. — Zig Ziglar

It is impossible to go as high as you are capable of going, if you are carrying the burden of hate, revenge and bitterness. — 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

Winning leaders are almost always motivated when the chips are down. — Zig Ziglar

Opportunity is in the person, not the job. — Zig Ziglar

With definite goals you release your own power, and things start happening. — Zig Ziglar

To build your self image, you need to join the smile, firm handshake and compliment club. — Zig Ziglar

The child who has not been disciplined with love by his little world will be disciplined, generally without love, by the big world. — Zig Ziglar

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

It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference. — Zig Ziglar

If your watch is slow by just four minutes, that's not much - unless you've been warned that if you're even one minute late ever again you will be fired. Then four minutes make a big difference. — Zig Ziglar

We can let our past [difficulties and failures] beat us or teach us [to be more knowledgeable, competent and realistic in the future]! — Zig Ziglar

Good action today will produce good living tomorrow. — Zig Ziglar

The same God who created Rembrandt created you, and you are as precious in God's sight as Rembrandt or anyone else. — Zig Ziglar

When you exercise your freedom to express yourself at the lowest level, you ultimately condemn yourself to live at that level. — Zig Ziglar

When I discipline myself to eat properly, live morally, exercise regularly, grow mentally and spiritually, and not put any drugs or alcohol in my body, I have given myself the freedom to be at my best, perform at my best, and reap all the rewards that go along with it. — Zig Ziglar

Feed your mind with the good, the clean, the pure, the powerful, and the positive — Zig Ziglar

Don't start your day with broken pieces of the past. Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand new day and it's yours. — Zig Ziglar

Happiness is the result of what you do. — Zig Ziglar

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

Good values are easier caught than taught. — Zig Ziglar

I win not because of my own efforts or my own goodness, but rather through the grace, love, and mercy of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He died so that I might win this game of life and live with Him forever. — Zig Ziglar

I move forward in my life every day, even if it's only a tiny step, because I know that great things are accomplished with tiny moves, but nothing is accomplished by standing still — Zig Ziglar

The more you gripe about your problems, the more problems you have to gripe about! — Zig Ziglar

Success must never be measured by how much money you have. — Zig Ziglar

One of the ways we communicate that we can be trusted is in the way we care for other people. — Zig Ziglar

You must manage yourself before you can lead someone else. — Zig Ziglar

Any relationship primarily built on physical attractiveness is predestined to be short lived. — Zig Ziglar

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street. — Zig Ziglar

Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now. — Zig Ziglar

I read the paper every day and the Bible every day; that way I know what both sides are up to. — Zig Ziglar

Attitude and not the Aptitude decide the Altitude you reach in life. — Zig Ziglar

Most of us would be upset if we were accused of being "silly." But the word "silly" comes from the old English word "selig," and its literal definition is "to be blessed, happy, healthy and prosperous." — Zig Ziglar

When you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, the day will come when you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them. — Zig Ziglar

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

Some of us learn from other people's mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people. — Zig Ziglar

This morning did you wake up to an alarm clock or an opportunity clock? — Zig Ziglar

You can literally force yourself to be courteous, happy and enthusiastic with every person you meet. After you have forced yourself to be so for a short period of time ...
the habit takes over. — Zig Ziglar

I recognize that winning is not everything, but the effort to win is. — Zig Ziglar

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt. — Zig Ziglar

I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself. — Zig Ziglar

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could — Zig Ziglar

Getting knocked down in life is a given; getting up and moving forward is a choice. — Zig Ziglar

Kids instinctively know - although they will argue to the contrary - that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues. — Zig Ziglar

Success comes from repeated efforts day in and day out. You learn from your mistakes, make adjustments and continue pressing forward until you achieve the results you desire. — Zig Ziglar

People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace. — Zig Ziglar

Before you change your thinking, you have to change what goes into your mind. — Zig Ziglar

People who accomplish great things work toward their objectives every day. — Zig Ziglar

New information makes new and fresh ideas possible. — Zig Ziglar

The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity. — Zig Ziglar

A poet stated it more succinctly when he wrote, "I hear and forget. I see and hear and I remember. However, when I see, hear and do, I understand and succeed." Interestingly enough, you will discover that when you read this book a second time, you will get more thoughts and more ideas than you did the first time. This is especially true if you read a few minutes every day before you start your day's activities and just before you go to sleep. — Zig Ziglar

Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our life. Consider this: If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed. — Zig Ziglar

You never know when a moment and a
few sincere words can have an impact on a life. — Zig Ziglar

Trust is the byproduct of integrity. — Zig Ziglar

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

Time can be an ally or an enemy. — Zig Ziglar

You never judge a day by the weather! — Zig Ziglar

Do more, give more, try harder, aim higher, and give thanks. The rewards will be yours. — Zig Ziglar

The best way to make your spouse and children feel secure is not with big deposits in bank account, but with little deposits of thoughtfulness and affection in the 'love account.' — Zig Ziglar

Your mate doesn't live by bread alone; he or she needs to be 'buttered up' from time to time. — Zig Ziglar

God never shuts one door without opening a bigger better door. Hang in there. You are closer to success than you may think. — Zig Ziglar

Some people find fault like there is a reward for it — Zig Ziglar

Don't let Negative and Toxic people rent space in your head.
Raise the rent and kick them out. — Zig Ziglar

You can change everything about your business by changing your thinking about your business. — Zig Ziglar

When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that's when passion is born. — Zig Ziglar

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

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

There was joy in getting his blood pressure down ... joy in climbing Mount Everest ... joy in reaching the summits of six more of the world's highest mountains ... joy in building a profitable company providing houses that people could turn into homes ... joy in learning to fly. But he will also tell you there has been no joy as great as giving from what God has blessed him with so that he might bless and serve others. That's the true and ultimate purpose of setting and reaching goals. — Zig Ziglar

As you head toward your goals, be prepared to make some slight adjustments to your course. You don't change your decision to go - you do change your direction to get there. — Zig Ziglar

The basic goal-reaching principle is to understand that you go as far as you can see, and when you get there you will always be able to see farther. — Zig Ziglar

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. — Zig Ziglar

Are you a SNIOP? Someone who is Sensitive to the Negative Influence Of Others? — 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

There's never been a doctor who served many patients who, despite their best efforts, did not lose some of them to death. But they understood that was part of life itself. — Zig Ziglar

How happy a person is depends upon the depth of his gratitude. You will notice at once that the unhappy person has little gratitude toward life, other people and God. — Zig Ziglar

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

Once you have accepted yourself, it's so much easier to accept other people and their points of view. — Zig Ziglar

The main reason for people's lack of success is their willingness to give up what they want most of all, for what they want right now! — Zig Ziglar

You do not determine your success by comparing yourself to others, rather you determine your success by comparing your accomplishments to your capabilities. — Zig Ziglar

Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust. — Zig Ziglar

Go as far as you can see and you will see further. — Zig Ziglar

All you need to find and accomplish God's purpose in your life is God's permission and approval
not anyone else's. When you get in step with Him, there will be a glow on your face that will make people wonder what you're up to. — Zig Ziglar

It is unwise to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money, that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing what it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot . — Zig Ziglar

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. — Zig Ziglar

Desire is the catalyst that enables a person with average ability to compete and win against others with more natural talent. — Zig Ziglar

Encouragement is the fuel on which hope runs. — Zig Ziglar

Though I am not always responsible for what happens to me, I am responsible for how I handle what happens to me. — Zig Ziglar

Send out a cheerful, positive greeting, and most of the time you will get back a cheerful, positive greeting. — Zig Ziglar

There are seldom, if ever, any hopeless situations, but there are many people who lose hope in the face of some situations. — Zig Ziglar

Motivation is like taking a bath; If you stop doing it, you begin to stink! — Zig Ziglar

When management and labor (employer and employee) both understand they are all on the same side, then each will prosper more. — Zig Ziglar

Today is the tomorrow you were optimistic about yesterday. What are you doing today to make tomorrow as rewarding as you had hoped today would be? — Zig Ziglar

You never know when a helping hand will change another person's entire life. — Zig Ziglar

The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip. — Zig Ziglar

Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude. — Zig Ziglar

You gotta climb the steps ... you can't skip them — Zig Ziglar

With my past forgiven, my present secure, and my future irrevocably guaranteed, why shouldn't I be enthusiastically optimistic? — Zig Ziglar

Take time to be quiet. — Zig Ziglar

Your thinking today determines your performance today. — Zig Ziglar

Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day. — Zig Ziglar