Zig Ziglar Quotes

For 40 hours a week competition is awfully stiff but after that there's very little competition .

If we don't start, it's certain we can't arrive.

The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more you will have to express gratitude for.

You can change. You can be more than you are.

Gratitude is the most important attitude.

Even a two-car parade gets fouled up if you don't decide ahead of time who's going to lead.

It's not where you start but where you finish that counts.

Happiness is the result of what you do.

True success has more components than one sentence or idea can contain.

Responsibility and commitment are key elements in meeting obligations.

The way you see life will largely determine what you get out of it.

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

If you have the character to hang in there when its tough, you will develop or acquire every other characteristic necessary to WIN in the game of life.

A smile is your greatest social asset.

When you do more than you're paid for eventually you'll be paid for more than you do.

Your life can't go according to plan if you have no plan.

If you don't have time to invest in a goals program is it possible that you don't have time because you don't have a goals program?

You can finish school, and even make it easy - but you never finish your education, and it's seldom easy.

My first professional job was to sell heavy-duty water less cookware.

It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.

Success is like pumping an old well handle. You have to pump a very long time before you get water. But don't give up or you will have to start all over again.

Successful people use their strength by recognizing, developing, and utilizing the talents of others.

The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.

If you set the example you will not have to set the rules.

It's true, spectacular preparation always precedes spectacular performance.

Ambition, fueled by compassion, wisdom and integrity, is a powerful force for good that will turn the wheels of industry and open the doors of opportunity for you and countless others.

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

Don't give up just because of what someone said. Use it as motivation to push harder.

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.

Just remember, when you should grab something, grab it; when you should let go, let go.

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!

The profile of a wealthy person is this hard work, perseverance, and most of all, self-discipline.

Happiness is like a kiss, in order to get any good out of it, you have to give it to someone else.

Motivation fuels the attitude that builds the Confidence necessary to sustain the Persistence.

Obviously, raw talent is important, but the difference-maker between first and the rest of the pack is usually desire.

It's absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others.

You cannot achieve someone else's goals.

Nu aptitudinea, ci atitudinea îți decide altitudinea.

Selling is essentially transference of feeling.

When you forgive somebody else you accept the responsibility for your own future.

If there were no Love, there'd be no grief

If you're going to have to swallow a frog, you don't want to have to look at that sucker too long!

The one thing coaches cannot tolerate... is the individual who grows arrogant because he excelled at a lower level and believes he has nothing else to learn.

By the mile it's a trial, but by the inch it's a cinch.

Failure is an event, never a person; an attitude, not an outcome; a temporary inconvenience; a stepping stone. Our response to it determines just how helpful it can be.

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

It's impossible to consistently behave in a manner inconsistent with how we see ourselves. We can do very few things in a positive way if we feel negative about ourselves.

If you go out looking for friends, they'll be scarce. If you go out looking to be one, you'll have all the friends you need.

There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.

When you make people feel important, you're going to be ahead of the game.