Zig Ziglar Quotes


"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
(Related: Business, Home, Life, Success, Successful, Balance, Being)

"It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Difference)

"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
(Related: Action, Character, Discipline, Bed, Commitment)

"If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you'll never end up with a nag."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Wife, End)

"If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Defeat)

"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
(Related: Friend)

"If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner."
- Zig Ziglar
"Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Wife, Husband)

"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
(Related: Society, God)

"Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the "gotta have it" scale."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Money, Life)

"Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Failure)

"Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes."
- Zig Ziglar
"Every obnoxious act is a cry for help."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Act, Help)

"Every choice you make has an end result."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Choice, End, Result)

"Building a better you is the first step to building a better America."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: America, Building, First)

"A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Work, People, Job)

"A goal properly set is halfway reached."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Goal)

"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
(Related: Life, People, Dream, Help, Want, Will)

"Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Success)

"You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Life)

"You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself."
- Zig Ziglar
"You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Success, Failure)

"You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Life, People, Help, Want, Will)

"When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Life)

"The way you see people is the way you treat them."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: People)

"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
(Related: Life, Men)

"Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Success, Ability)

"You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Success)

"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
(Related: Business, Opportunity, Complaining, Customer, Managers, Statistics)

"Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Successful, Adversity, Order)

"Remember that failure is an event, not a person."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Failure)

"Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Negative, Positive, Positive thinking, Will)

"People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Home, People, Relationships)

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Motivation, People)

"People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: People)

"Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Money)

"The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Love, Success, Faith, Character, Honesty, Integrity, Loyalty)

"You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win."
- Zig Ziglar
"Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude."
- Zig Ziglar
(Related: Attitude, Will)