Zig Ziglar quotes

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.

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

Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet.

People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.

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.

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.

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.

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.

If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.

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

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

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

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.

Money is not the most important thing, but when you need it, there are few substitutes. So while I like the things money can buy, I love what money won't buy. It bought me a house but it won't buy me a home. It would buy me a companion but it won't buy me a friend.

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

Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome.

It's not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.

Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn't solve any problems.

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

Money is not the most important thing, but when you need it, there are few substitutes. So while I like the things money can buy, I love what money won't buy. It bought me a house but it won't buy me a home. It would buy me a companion but it won't buy me a friend.

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

The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

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.

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

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

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

Research indicates that employees 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.

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

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

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

If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.

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

I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.

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.

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

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.

Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That's success.

If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with 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.

Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet.

Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.

Money is not the most important thing, but when you need it, there are few substitutes. So while I like the things money can buy, I love what money won't buy. It bought me a house but it won't buy me a home. It would buy me a companion but it won't buy me a friend.

Dreams grow if you grow.

It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.

Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?

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

The right quote can inspire people to change their ways.

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.

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

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

Send out a cheerful, positive greeting, and most of the time you will get back a cheerful, positive greeting. It's also true that if you send out a negative greeting, you will, in most cases, get back a negative greeting.

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.'

People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.

Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That's success.

Success must never be measured by how much money you have.

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.

We all prospect, and don't even know we're doing it. When you start the dating process, you are actually prospecting for the person you want to marry. When you're interviewing employees, you are prospecting for someone who will best fit your needs.

Time well spent results in more money to spend, more money to save, and more time to vacation.

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

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

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

I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.

Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.

Whether it's eight o'clock in the morning or eight o'clock at night, I always try to greet others before they have a chance to speak to me.

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

Success must never be measured by how much money you have.

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.

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.

I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.

To be candid, some people have given positive thinking a bad name. I can't stand to hear some gung-ho individual say that with positive thinking you can just do 'anything.' If you think about that one for a moment, you recognize the absurdity of it.

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.

I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.

I read for the 'ah-ha's,' the information that makes a light bulb go off in my mind. I want to put information in my mind that is going to be the most beneficial to me, my family and my fellow man - financially, morally, spiritually, and emotionally.

Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.

People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.

If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with you.

Isn't it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.