A List of Famous Zig Ziglar Quotes

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.

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.

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

You can have anything in the world you want if you?ll just help enough other people get what they want.

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.

The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.

When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.

There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

It's your aptitude, not just your attitude that determines your ultimate altitude.

Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves.

You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.

Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage

You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.

This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.

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

If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.

The way you see people is the way you treat them.

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!

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

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

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.

Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting -- in the trying, not the triumph, Success is a personal standard -- reaching for the highest that is in us -- becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.

You cannot tailor make your situation in life, but you can tailor make your attitudes to fit those situations.

You don't pay the price for success. You enjoy the price for success.

Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.

People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.

Success is dependent upon the glands -- sweat glands.

Are you a SNIOP? Someone who is Sensitive to the Negative Influence Of Others?

You have to be before you can do, and do before you can have.

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.

You cannot make it as a wandering generality. You must become a meaningful specific.