zig ziglar quotes motivation
Born in year 1926 in Alabama, Zig Ziglar is one of the world’s most popular and motivational speakers of USA. From being an great salesperson, he moved on to be a famous author following which he became renowned for being an excellent motivational speaker. We bring to you the best of Zig Ziglar Motivational Quotes.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.”
“Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there”
Happiness is the ability to move forward knowing the future will be better than the past.
“Don’t let the mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future.” Ziglar
“If you want to reach a goal, you must ‘see the reaching’ in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.” – Ziglar
Don’t let others be your judge and jury with their pity and negative thoughts or feeling. Know that you are here for a reason. Recognize, develop, and use the resources you do have.
You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
If you want to reach a goal, you must ‘see the reaching’ in your own mind before you actually
Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give them yours.
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Fear has two meanings – ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours.
Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don’t be impressed with yourself. Don’t compare yourself with others.”
“You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.”
“Success is dependent upon the glands — sweat glands.”
“You cannot make it as a wandering generality. You must become a meaningful specific.”
“Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.”
The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.
A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.
If you don’t like who you are and where you are, don’t worry about it because you’re not stuck either with who you are or where you are. You can grow. You can change. You can be more than you are.”
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Make today worth remembering.
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Some people find fault like there is a reward for it.
Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
“The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for.”
You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.
The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.
Remember that failure is an event, not a person.
“In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!”
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“You are the most influential person you will talk to all day.”
Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.
If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.
When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you’re making a commitment and difference in that person’s life. Encouragement really does make a difference.”
“When you set goals, something inside of you starts saying, ‘Let’s go, let’s go,’ and ceilings start to move up.”
“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”
“It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.” –
“You cannot consistently perform in a manner which is inconsistent with the way you see yourself.” – Zig Ziglar
“The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now.” – Zig Ziglar
“It’s not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.”
“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.”
People often say motivation doesn’t last. Neither does bathing—that’s why we recommend it daily.
Your attitude, not your aptitude, determines your altitude.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now.
Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand-new day and it’s yours.
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.”
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.” – Zig Ziglar
“Failure is an event not a person.”
“Don’t count the things you do, do the things that count.”
“Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.”
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“Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come.” – Zig Ziglar
“If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.” – Zig Ziglar
“Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give him one of yours.”
“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember – the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.”
“Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.”
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.
Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come.
Success comes when opportunity meets preparation.
Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
“A goal properly set is halfway reached.”
“Go as far as you can see and you will see further.” – Zig Ziglar
“You can succeed at almost anything for which you have unbridled enthusiasm.”
“People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest.”
“You don’t drown by falling in water; you only drown if you stay there.”
“When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.”
“The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.” – Zig Ziglar
“Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.”
It is your attitude, not your aptitude that determines your altitude.”
“People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest.”
“A goal properly set is halfway reached.”
“You can have everything in life you want, if you just help other people get what they want.” – Zig Ziglar
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“F.E.A.R. has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours.”
“I don’t care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don’t harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there, you’re never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants.”
“You are what you are and where you are because of what’s gone into your mind. You can change what you are and where you are by changing what goes into your mind.”
“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.”
“Remember that failure is an event, not a person.”
“You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”
“The way you see people is the way you treat them.”
“There are seldom, if ever, any hopeless situations, but there are many people who lose hope in the face of some situations.”
“Most of us would be upset if we were accused of being ‘silly,’ yet it comes from the old English word ‘seilig’ and its literal definition is ‘to be blessed, happy, healthy and prosperous.’” – Zig Ziglar
“Goals don’t care who has them.” – Zig Ziglar
“But it wasn’t until I wrote it down; put a date on it; listed the obstacles I had to overcome; identified the people, the groups, the organizations I needed to work with; spelled out a plan of action; set that time limit in there; and identified all of the benefits to me. It was only when I did that, that the goal became a reality — and I lost the weight.”
“Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.”
“You cannot tailor make your situation in life, but you can tailor make your attitudes to fit those situations.”
“The greatest good we can do for others is not just to share our riches with them, but to reveal theirs.”
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“Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.”
“Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.”
“Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people.” – Zig Ziglar
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”
“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.” – Zig Ziglar
“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.” – Zig Ziglar
“If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.”
“Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.”
“If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.”
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”
“Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.”
“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.” – Zig Ziglar
“If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”
“Failing is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night.”
“Everybody says they want to be free. Take the train off the tracks and it’s free but it can’t go anywhere.” – Zig Ziglar
“A great attitude becomes a great mood, which becomes a great day, which becomes a great year, which becomes a great life.”
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“Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.”
“What you do today can change all the tomorrow’s of your life.”
“You’ll never see a happy ungrateful person.”
“God will take care of what you go through. You take care of how you go through it.”
Yes, it’s absolutely true that anything worth doing is worth doing poorly – until you can learn to do it well.
You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want.– Zig Ziglar
Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
If you are not willing to learn no one can help you. If you are determined to learn no one can stop you.
Don’t let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours.
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
When you are truly interested in other people, you will learn what they are interested in and if they have a need for your product. If they like you, and most people like folks who take an interest in them, they’ll help you find people who do need what you have to sell, even if they don’t.”
There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.
Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. Worst people give you a lesson. And the best people give you memories.
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.”
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If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.
If you go out looking for friends, you’re going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.
Many marriages would be better if the husband and wife clearly understood that they’re on the same side.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
If you can dream it, you can achieve it.
Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.
If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.
You can start where you are with what you’ve got and go to wherever it is you want to go.
We cannot start over, but we can begin now and make a new ending.
It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you use that makes a difference.
How you see the future is much more important than what happened in your past
Your business is never really good or bad ‘out there.’ Your business is either good or bad right between your own two ears.– Zig Ziglar
Your business is never really good or bad ‘out there.’ Your business is either good or bad right between your own two ears.
The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for.
The world’s most deadly disease is hardening of the attitudes.
Don’t count the things you do, do the things that count
Outside of your relationship with God, the most important relationship you can have is with yourself. I don’t mean that we are to spend all our time focused on me, me, me to the exclusion of others. Instead, I mean that we must be healthy internally, emotionally and spiritually – in order to create healthy relationships with others.”
Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.
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Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.
Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.
Every choice you make has an end result.– Zig Ziglar
Good things come to those who believe, better things come to those who are patient and the best things come to those who don’t give up.
If you have the character to hang in there when it’s tough, you will develop or acquire every other characteristic necessary to WIN in the game of life.
If you are going to be successful, you must develop persistence. How do you do that? It is not easily condensed in one simple statement, but one thing you can be sure of is that you must define your purpose.”
When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people.
Isn’t it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?
True joy comes when you inspire, encourage, and guide someone else on a path that benefits him or her.
True joy comes when you inspire, encourage, and guide someone else on a path that benefits him or her.
There is little you can learn from doing nothing.
Don’t let mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future.
The great majority of people are wandering generalities rather than meaningful specifics. The fact is that you can’t hit a target that you can’t see. If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. You have to have goals.”
Go as far as you can see and you will see further.
Where you start is not as important as where you finish.
Take time to be kind and to say thank you.
Motivation is the fuel necessary to keep the human engine running.
Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.
You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.”
Motivational Zig Ziglar Quotes on Sales
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.”
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.
Every sale has five basic obstacles: No need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
Moving from survival to stability, from stability to success, from success to significance.
You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to positive, life-changing content, and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.”