Looking for the best and inspirational Zig Ziglar quotes?
Zig Ziglar was an American motivational speaker. He was born in 1926 and died in 2012. Ziglar is best known for his “see you at the top” slogan, which he used in nearly all of his speeches and as the title of his best-selling book.
He is one of the most influential people when it comes to motivation and has had a major impact on modern motivational speaking. He has had a significant influence on many famous speakers that we know today, including Tony Robbins, Jim Rohn, Brian Tracy, Denis Waitley, and more. His books are often found on the reading lists of many business schools and corporate training courses.
Here are some of his best quotes that might work to start. They contain lessons on how to succeed and bring your dreams into reality.
120 Most Inspiring Zig Ziglar Quotes
“If you are not willing to learn no one can help you. If you are determined to learn no one can stop you.”
“Happiness is the ability to move forward knowing the future will be better than the past.”
“I believe success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination.”
“A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.”
“Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.”
“Put all excuses aside and remember this: You are capable.”
“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember – the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.”
“If you can dream it, then you can achieve it.”
“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 don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.”
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.”
“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”
“You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”
“People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.”
“Don’t let mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future.”
“You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.”
“A goal properly set is halfway reached.”
“If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.”
“Moving from survival to stability, from stability to success, from success to significance.”
“You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.”
“Make today worth remembering.”
“When you do more than you’re paid for. Eventually, you’ll be paid for more than you do.”
“Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.”
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”
“You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.”
“Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.”
“Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come.”
“Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.”
“Outstanding people have one thing in common: an an absolute sense of mission.”
“Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people.”
“Go as far as you can see and you will see further.”
“Don’t count the things you do, do the things that count.”
“If you aim at nothing, you will hit every time.”
“Your business is never really good or bad ‘out there.’ Your business is either good or bad right between your own two ears.”
“You can succeed at almost anything for which you have unbridled enthusiasm.”
“Money isn’t the most important thing in life, but it’s reasonably close to oxygen on the ‘gotta have it’ scale.”
“Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.”
“Where you start is not as important as where you finish.”
“The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.”
“Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.”
“If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.”
You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”
“Remember that failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night.”
“You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.”
“You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to positive, life-changing content, and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.”
“Motivation is the fuel necessary to keep the human engine running.”
“Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.”
“Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.”
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.”
“FEAR has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours.”
“If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”
“In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!”
“Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.”
“Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.”
“If you want to reach a goal, you must ‘see the reaching’ in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.”
“If you want to earn more, learn more.”
“You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.”
“Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.”
“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have 24-hour days.”
“How you see the future is much more important than what happened in your past.”
“Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.”
“True success has more components than one sentence or idea can contain.”
“Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.”
“True joy comes when you inspire, encourage, and guide someone else on a path that benefits him or her.”
“In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!“
“Fear has two meaning; ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours.”
“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
“You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”
“When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.”
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.”
“Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”
“Every choice you make has an end result.”
“Do more than you are being paid to do, and you’ll eventually be paid more for what you do.”
“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.”
“Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. Worst people give you a lesson. And the best people give you memories.”
“Stop selling. Start helping.”
“Every sale has five basic obstacles: No need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.”
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
“Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try.”
“Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.”
“Getting up and moving forward is a choice.”
“Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give them yours.”
“Don’t let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours.”
“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”
“Success is dependent upon the glands – sweat glands.”
“Your attitude, not your aptitude, determines your altitude.”
“You are the only person on earyh who can use your ability.”
“Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.”
“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.”
“You already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, develop and use them.”
“Good things come to those who believe, better things come to those who are patient and the best things come to those who don’t give up.”
“Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.”
“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.”
“Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it.”
“The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love, and loyalty.”
“It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you use that makes a difference.”
“The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now.”
“Attitude, not aptitude, determines altitude.”
“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.”
“If you go out looking for friends, you’re going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”
“Many marriages would be better if the husband and wife clearly understood that they’re on the same side.”
“Some people find fault like there is a reward for it.”
“We cannot start over, but we can begin now and make a new ending.”
“The world’s most deadly disease is hardening of the attitudes.”
“It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you use that makes a difference.”
“Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.”
“Success comes when opportunity meets preparation.”
“The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for.”
“Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.”
“If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.”
“You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.”
“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.”
“If you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every time.”
“Encouragement is the fuel on which hope runs.”
“If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.”
“You can start where you are with what you’ve got and go to wherever it is you want to go.”
“Success must never be measured by how much money you have.”
“You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want.”
