39 Zig Ziglar Quotes

Zig Ziglar quotes

1. You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.

2. What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as who you become (by achieving your goals).

3. Where you start is not as important as where you finish.

4. F-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c !

5. You are WHAT you are, You are WHERE you are, because of what you put in your mind. You can CHANGE what you are, You can CHANGE where you are, by changing what you put in your mind.

6. It is your attitude, not your aptitude, that determines your altitude.

7. Expect the best, prepare for the worst.

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8. Remember that life is hard, but when you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.

9. There's been 11 billion people to walk the face of this earth, but there's never been one like you! - Zig Ziglar

10. Go with the flow..

11. 'People who truly understand God's purpose for their lives know that we are called to be intimately involved with one another.'

12. 'Direction Creates TIME...Motivation creates ENERGY'

13. 'People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.' Zig Ziglar

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1. If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.

2. A plan is always successful if the plan is good.

3. Many times our weaknesses are extensions of our strengths.

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

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

6. When there is hope in the future, there is power in the present, and since hope is the foundational quality of all change, there is considerable reason to be excited.

7. The way you look on the outside has a definite bearing on how you feel and see yourself on the inside.

8. You become great by going small thing in a great way.

9. God showed me that He could and would replace everything that was missing in my life, but that nothing could replace Him in my life.

10. As you move to the top, remember the story of the pump. If you start pumping casually or half -heartedly, you will pump forever before anything happens. Pump hard to begin with and keep it up until you get that water flowing. Then a great deal will happen.

11. 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.

12. Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome.

13. In many ways, effective communication begins with mutual respect, communication that inspires, encourages others to do their best.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.

17. Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.

18. If you want to catch the right mental attitude, go where that attitude exists. Start by going to the people who have the right mental attitude. If the right people aren't always available, then go the right book, or to the right recording of a dynamic speaker.

19. It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.

20. 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.

21. I have no way of knowing whether or not you married the wrong person. But I do know that if you treat the wrong person like the right person, you could well end up having married the right person after all. It is far more important to BE the right kind of person than it is to marry the right person.

22. 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.

23. A smile is your greatest social asset.

24. Too many people spend more time planning how to get the job than on how to become productive and successful in that job.

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

26. The way you see yourself today will affect your performance today.