Zig Ziglar Quotations | Page 5

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

You need a plan to build a house. To build a life, it is even more important to have a plan or goal.

Timid salesmen have skinny kids.

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

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

To respond is positive, to react is negative.

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

When you choose to be pleasant and positive in the way you treat others, you have also chosen, in most cases, how you are going to be treated by others.

U can feed ur ego or u can feed ur family. U can’t feed them both.

Your thinking today determines your performance today.

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

Quit counting time and start making time count

There is a difference between standard of living and quality of life. Quality of life is more important.

By altering our attitudes we can alter our lives.

The same God who created Rembrandt created you, and you are as precious in God’s sight as Rembrandt or anyone else.

You never know when one act, or one word of encouragement can change a life forever.

There is no such thing as a lazy person; he is either sick or uninspired.

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could

Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.

You can change. You can be more than you are.

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

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

Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.

I suggest the greatest challenge to Christians in the business world is within - making the heart determination (simply put, the choice) to live by God's principles and sticking with it; making the commitment to serving Christ and mankind with our efforts, our gifts and our knowledge.

Worry is interest paid before it's due.

The solution is to change from the negative to the positive and one way to do that is to remember that failure is an event - it is not a person. Another way is to understand that your child might make a mistake, but the child is not a mistake

To a child, 'love' is spelled T-I-M-E.

We should never let our experience influence what we think about our potential.

Don't listen to people who tell you what to do. Listen people who encourage you to do what's right in your heart.

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

Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.

Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success.

The choice to have a great attitude is something that nobody or no circumstance can take from you.

Far too many people have no idea of what they can do because all they have been told is what they can't do. They don't know what they want because they don't know what's available for them.

You don't pay the price for success, you enjoy the benefits of success.

Success is like a ladder and no one has ever climbed a ladder with their hands in their pockets.

What you do off the job is determining factor in how far you will go on the job.

You can disagree without being disagreeable.

Be firm on principle but flexible on method.

You already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, develop and use them

Stop selling. Start helping.

It's easier to explain price once than to apologize for quality forever.

Most of us would be upset if we were accused of being "silly." But the word "silly" comes from the old English word "selig," and its literal definition is "to be blessed, happy, healthy and prosperous."

It's our responsibility to see to it that the good outweighs the evil and I am convinced beyond a doubt that today's Americans will do exactly that!

I wouldn't say 'most' people are prone to negativity. I think it's probably that most people allow negativity to color their thinking, depending on circumstances, but I also believe most people make the necessary efforts to return to positive thinking as quickly as possible.

Even people who don't share my specific faith (denomination, beliefs, etc.) are typically enthusiastic about my profession of faith in God and my commitment to living to God-given standards.

I am so thankful I had the strength and promises of a loving God to guide my choices and decisions, and to uphold me through the unbelievably dark days and times of overwhelming sorrow.

Hard times always uncover the basic goodness and evil of the day.

Today be thankful and think how rich you are. Your family is priceless, your time is gold and your health is wealth.

Surrogate fathers and other male figures stepped in to give guidance after my dad died. Businessmen taught me to honor my commitments; others gave me opportunities beyond my wildest imaginations. Authors and speakers set good, solid examples of high standards and lofty goals for me; mature, committed Christians nurtured and instructed me.

Ambition, fueled by compassion, wisdom and integrity, is a powerful force for good that will turn the wheels of industry and open the doors of opportunity for you and countless others.

You measure success by how much good you do for others.

When you forgive somebody else you accept the responsibility for your own future.

We all need a daily checkup from the neck up to avoid stinkin' thinkin' which ultimately leads to hardening of the attitudes.

Habits are funny things. What's funny, or rather tragic, is that bad habits are so predictable and avoidable. Despite this, there are people by the millions who insist on acquiring habits that are bad, expensive, and create problems. The habit they weren't going to get, got them!

You can't climb a smooth mountain

A positive attitude will have positive results because attitudes are contagious.

If there were no Love, there'd be no grief

Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate.

A solid foundation for children involves a solid moral base

The hardening of the attitudes is the most deadly disease on the face of the earth.

In your hands you hold the seeds of failure or the potential for greatness. Your hands are capable, but they must be used and for the right things to reap the rewards you are capable of attaining. The choice is yours.

Men are stupid. That much I know for sure. They say stupid things. They do stupid things. They hurt you for stupid reasons. But we love them all the same. My fiancee can be as stupid as can be at times, but then again so can I. We all can. Lets face it, life and love would be boring if we were all straight laced and smart.

Life is an echo. What you send out comes back.

It's impossible to consistently behave in a manner inconsistent with how we see ourselves. We can do very few things in a positive way if we feel negative about ourselves.

What you picture in your mind, your mind will go to work to accomplish. When you change your pictures you automatically change your performance

When we separate the word business into its component letters, B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S, we find that U and I are both in it. In fact, if U and I were not in business, it would not be business. Furthermore, we discover that U comes before I in business and the I is silent-it is to be seen, not heard. Also, the U in business has the sound of I, which indicates it is an amalgamation of the interests of U and I. When they are properly amalgamated, business becomes harmonious, profitable, and pleasant.

Success comes in cans, failure comes in can'ts.

If you don't have time to invest in a goals program is it possible that you don't have time because you don't have a goals program?

If you go out looking for friends, they'll be scarce. If you go out looking to be one, you'll have all the friends you need.

If you are somebody to anybody, you're somebody.

The most destitute person in the world is the one without a smile.

Feed your mind with the good, the clean, the pure, the powerful, and the positive

Every time passionate people fail, they are convinced that they are simply one step closer to fulfilling their dream.

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

Motivation fuels the attitude that builds the Confidence necessary to sustain the Persistence.

It is nobler to love the person next to you than to love mankind in general.

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.

Happiness is like a kiss, in order to get any good out of it, you have to give it to someone else.

You know that failure prelude to being the victim of what is criminally wrong.

You know that he who would be the greatest among you must become the servant of all.

Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you.

You cannot achieve someone else's goals.

Most of the problems in life are because of two reasons, we act without thinking or we keep thinking without acting.

When you do more than you're paid for eventually you will get paid for more than you do. This is a basic truth that also applies to Business, Sales or anything you do. Whatever your endeavor always provide more service than you get paid for and you will develop a reputation that will separate you from the rest.

Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.

Don't start your day with broken pieces of the past. Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand new day and it's yours.

A good relationship is when someone accepts your past, supports your present and encourages your future.

The way you see yourself today will affect your performance today.

If you love to read, you can learn anything you really want to know.

Doubts kill more dreams than failure ever will. Fear is faith in reverse. Fear creates doubt. Replace your fears with faith and your doubts with determination.

Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.

When the outlook isn't good, try the uplook - it's always good!

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

Wherever you are there you are!

Most Americans honestly believe America is the most powerful nation on earth, but actualy the most powerful nation is imagi-nation.

When you plan and prepare carefully, you can legitimately expect to have success in your efforts. An optimistic, positive mind is far more likely to come up with creative solutions than a mind that dwells on setbacks and difficulties. Bottom line: expect success and you can achieve it!

You might not be what you say you are, but what you say, you are.

If it's a principle, it's a winner. If it's a tactic, it's a loser.

Children pay more attention to what you do than to what you say.