Zig Ziglar Quotations | Page 2

I'm constantly amazed that owners and managers of all businesses don't train their people to call the person who pays by credit card by name. It definitely makes the customer feel good and will be a factor in bringing them back to your place of business.

The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.

People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.

Some people do really find fault like there's a reward for it.

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

Husbands and wives, have fun with each other. I'm convinced it makes all the difference in the world.

The problem is not getting rid of fear, but using it properly.

I'm so optimistic, I'd go after Moby Dick in a rowboat and take the tartar sauce with me.

Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.

Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice.

Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.

Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.

I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.

New information makes new and fresh ideas possible.

True success has more components than one sentence or idea can contain.

You've got to be before you can do and do before you can have.

Andy Andrews is the best speaker I have ever seen.

My first professional job was to sell heavy-duty waterless cookware.

Kids instinctively know - although they will argue to the contrary - that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues.

Take time to be kind and to say 'thank you'.

All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.

We hear tears loudly on this side of Heaven. What we don't take time to contemplate are the even louder cheers on the other side of death's valley.

Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.

Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.

Every choice you make has an end result.

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

Just saying you are better than good won't make it so. But, when you understand what it takes to live the better than good life, and you apply yourself, your life will truly be better than good.

You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.

I am convinced after more than 50 years in the field of motivation that anyone who wants to learn to look at life and/or their circumstances in a positive light can do so.

Wally Amos is the classic example of a man who gets up again and again.

Fact: If standard of living is your number one objective, quality of life almost never improves. But if quality of life is your number one objective, standard of living invariably improves.

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.

You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

Selling is something we do for our clients - not to our clients.

At 25, I was in the audience of my first professional speaker, Bob Bales. His presentation got my attention. I had never seen anyone having so much fun 'at work' and getting paid for it!

The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling.

When you are truly interested in other people, you will learn what they are interested in and if they have a need for your product. If they like you, and most people like folks who take an interest in them, they'll help you find people who do need what you have to sell, even if they don't.

If my life has had a theme, I suppose it has been a typical American theme in that, for most of it, I have been looking for happiness and success.

Your understanding of what you read and hear is, to a very large degree, determined by your vocabulary, so improve your vocabulary daily.

Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means 'the love of wisdom.'

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

Many people who want to be great aren't willing to do the work to make it possible!

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.

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

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

A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.

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

I'm convinced that what kids need today are parents - not buddies. They need someone who will exercise mature judgment.

Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.

I took up an offer for me to lose 30 pounds in 30 days. It worked. I lost 30 days!

When I became proficient as a salesman I was invited to teach new hires.

I once dieted so religiously I quit eating in church.

When you give directives to a child, especially a teenager, you must consider the nature of your child.

Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.

When there is no job related stress, you are more aware of your mate and children, if you are a parent.

I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.

If your watch is slow by just four minutes, that's not much - unless you've been warned that if you're even one minute late ever again you will be fired. Then four minutes make a big difference.

There's never been a doctor who served many patients who, despite their best efforts, did not lose some of them to death. But they understood that was part of life itself.

Authors by the hundreds can tell you stories by the thousands of those rejection slips before they found a publisher who was willing to 'gamble' on an unknown.

I'm a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word 'grow'.

I was in that part of the class that made the top half possible.

Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.

Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.

Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.

Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

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

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

When a company or individual compromises one time, whether it's on price or principle, the next compromise is right around the corner and you can bet your last nickel on it.

When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid morefor what we do.

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt has been described as founder of the Bull Moose Party, the man who led his troops up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War, a big game hunter, family man, civic servant and a host of other things.

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

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life, but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations

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

Real love is a growing and development process that involves every emotion, problem, joy and triumph known to man.

I'm in the life-changing business! ... Leadership develops daily, but not in one day.

Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking the tartar sauce with you.

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

You will make a lousy anybody else, but you are the best you in existence. You are the only one who can use your ability. It is an awesome responsibility.

Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.

Boats in the harbor are safe but that is not what they are meant for.

Remember, what you say comes back to you.

Why we are here is important, but to know where we are going is imperative. It's not what you've got, it's what you use, that makes a difference in how your life turns out.

The past is your LESSON. The present is your GIFT. The future is your MOTIVATION.

You don't drown by falling in water. You only drown if you stay there.

One difference between those who make it and those who don't--regardless of their field of endeavor--is not the "talent" difference. Those who go over the top have a dream and the dream has them. They make the commitment and pursue that dream with dogged patience and persistence. Commitment produces consistent, enthusiastic effort that inevitably produces greater and greater rewards.

Success and happiness are not matters of chance but choice.

For 24 years of my adult life, by choice I weighed well over 200 lbs. I say by choice because you see I have never accidentally eaten anything.

A smart salesperson listens to emotions not facts.

Those who won't take a chance don't have a chance.

Today is the tomorrow you were optimistic about yesterday. What are you doing today to make tomorrow as rewarding as you had hoped today would be?

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

You can never get ahead by trying to get even.

A positive attitude and personal motivation allow you to remain excited about what you are doing - no matter how difficult the challenges may be day to day.

The THINGS that COUNT most IN LIFE ARE the THINGS that CAN'T BE COUNTED.

Passion - and humor will permit all of us to do some marvelous things.

When the wrong people leave your life, the right things start to happen.

I believe Success is achieved by ordinary people with Extraordinary Determination.

If you pump casually, you will pump forever. Pump hard to begin with and keep it up until you get that water flowing. Then a great deal will happen.

I will live a hope-filled life every day. I will handle my problems as opportunities in a different, more effective manner, based on the power of advanced mathematics; "You + God = Enough

The first step to getting what you want is to have the courage to get rid of what you don't.