Top 784 Quotes & Sayings by Zig Ziglar
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American author Zig Ziglar.
Last updated on April 13, 2025.
You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that's when passion is born.
If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.
People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.
You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves.
Take time to be kind and to say 'thank you.'
When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.
Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn't solve any problems.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
It's not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.
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.
You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with you.
Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.
Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.
You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.
Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That's success.
It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand-new day.
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.
Do more than you are being paid to do, and you'll eventually be paid more for what you do.
You are who you are and what you are because of what has gone into your mind. You can change who you are and what you are by changing what goes into your mind.
You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.
If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now.
Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.
People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.
Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.
You've got to be before you can do and do before you can have.
I read the paper every day and the Bible every day; that way I know what both sides are up to.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.
If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Remember that failure is an event, not a person.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.
Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.
You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.
Every choice you make has an end result.
Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.
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.
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.
The person who dumps garbage into your mind will do you considerably more harm than the person who dumps garbage on your floor, because each load of mind garbage negatively impacts your possibilities and lowers your expectations.
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