Top 784 Quotes & Sayings by Zig Ziglar - Page 10

Ask yourself a question: Is my attitude worth catching?

By altering our attitudes we can alter our lives.

I am truly grateful that faith enables me to move past the question of 'Why?'

If you have enough push, you don't have to worry about the pull.

Failing is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night.

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 build a better company by building better people.

A child is born to win, but too many have been conditioned to lose.

Our favorite attitude should be gratitude.

Success means doing the best we can with what we have.

Everything that occurs teaches and prepares you for the next stage of life. Nothing is lost.

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

Winning leaders are almost always motivated when the chips are down.

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

My core philosophy on winning and motivation is summed up by saying that you were born to win, but in order to be the winner you were born to be, you have to plan to win and prepare to win before you can expect to win.

Concentrated thoughts produce desired results.

Fear is the fatal killer of desire.

Positive thinking will let you use the abilities, training and experience you have.

Motivation needs to be a part of your own life for you to be effective in conveying it to others.

Spirit is the most valuable asset, more than money and any other power.

If you are a complainer you might have already spent your HELP quota.

The fear of loss is greater than the desire for gain.

The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models.

I'm so Optimistic I'll take my last 2 dollars and buy a Money Belt.

The basic goal-reaching principle is to understand that you go as far as you can see, and when you get there you will always be able to see farther.

Give the world your best and you will get the best out of the world.

In your hands you hold the seeds of failure - or the potential for greatness.

You never work for somebody else. Someone else might sign your check, but you're the one who fills in the amount.

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

Stop selling. Start helping.

It's not the situation, but whether we react, or respond, to the situation that's important.

Is your fear of failure greater than your desire to succeed?

The greatest good we can do for anyone is not to share our wealth with them, but rather to reveal their own wealth to them. It's astonishing how much talent and ability rests inside a human being

The major difference between the big shot and the little shot is the big shot is just a little shot who kept on shooting.

Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.

Your thinking today determines your performance today.

You can only see in others what is inside of you.

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

Beautiful things happen in your life when you distance yourself from the negative things.

Your business is never really good or bad 'out there.' Your business is either good or bad right between your own two ears.

Push on, friend. You're just one exciting step from the banquet hall of life.

There's no traffic jam on the extra mile.

It's just as difficult to reach a destination you don't have, as it is to come back from a place you've never been.

A true leader produces more leaders.

We are Physical, Mental and Spiritual beings. If you don't deal with ALL OF LIFE you're not going to get all that life has to offer.

All resources are not obvious; great managers find and develop available talent.

Success is one thing you can't pay for. You buy it on the installment plan and make payments everyday.

Make today worth remembering.

If you believe in yourself and have passion, you can succeed.

How many people are completely successful in every department of life? Not one. The most successful people are the ones who learn from their mistakes and turn their failures into opportunities.

People who build hope into their own lives and who share hope with others become powerful people.

Famous archer, Howard Hill won all of the 267 archery contests he entered. He could hit a bullseye at 50 feet, then split first arrow with the second. Would it be possible for you to shoot better than him? YES, if he were blindfolded! How can you hit a target you can't see? Even worse, how can you hit a target you don't even have!? You need to have GOALS in your life!

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

Your failures won't hurt you until you start blaming them on others.

Rather than shrinking away from your problems, grow bigger than them.

There are seldom, if ever, any hopeless situations, but there are many people who lose hope in the face of some situations.

All of us perform better and more willingly when we know why we're doing what we have been told or asked to do.

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

When you respond to life, that's positive; when you react to life, that's negative.

The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.