Zig Ziglar Inspirational Quotations

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

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

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

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

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

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

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 learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.

Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.

You are who you are and what you are because of what has gone into your mind. You can change who you are and what you are by changing what goes into your mind

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

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

You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.

Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission

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

When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.

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

Every choice you make has an end result.

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

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

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.

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

Remember, what you say comes back to you.

If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

It is not your aptitude, but your attitude, that determines your altitude.

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

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now

The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job.

If standard of living is your major objective, quality of life almost never improves, but if quality of life is your number one objective, your standard of living almost always improves.

Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.

Everybody says they want to be free. Take the train off the tracks and it’s free-but it can’t go anywhere.

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

When you give a man a dole you deny him his dignity, and when you deny him his dignity you rob him his destiny.

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

Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently.

Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.

Failure is often the line of least persistence.

Goals are dreams we convert to plans and take action to fulfill.

Two sure ways to fail- Think and never do or do and never think.

Go as far as you can see and you will see further.

Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.

Ask yourself a question: Is my attitude worth catching?

Make today worth remembering.

The elevator to success is out of order, but the stairs are always open.

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.

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.

Most people stand on the dock of life waiting for their ship to come in when deep down inside they know it has never left port.

Say "no" to the good and say "yes" to the best.

Will you look back on life and say, 'I wish I had,' or 'I’m glad I did'?

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.

It's not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you.

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.

The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for

Remember, you can earn more money, but when time is spent it is gone forever.

it's not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.

Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow you reap. What you give you get. What you see in others exists in you. Regardless of who you are or what you do, if you are looking for the best way to reap the most reward in all areas of life, you should look for the good in every person and in every situation and adopt the golden rule as a way of life.

Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give him one of yours. ~

Possibly the greatest waste in life is the gap between what you are and what you could become.