Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Zig Ziglar (American Author)

Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) was an American motivational consultant, author, and Christian public speaker renowned for his energy, optimism, and plain-spoken style. His recipe, “The Ziglar Way,” blended homespun wit, sound-bite positivity, and Christian faith to urge people to appreciate the bright side of life.

Ziglar was born in Coffee County in southeastern Alabama. His self-improvement seminars and over thirty books attracted millions of devoted followers to Ziglar’s advice on personal growth, faith, moral strength, character, leadership, and sales.

Ziglar’s bestselling books include See You at the Top (1975,) Secrets of Closing the Sale (1982,) Top Performance: How to Develop Excellence in Yourself and Others (1986,) Success for Dummies (1998,) and Selling 101 (2003.)

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

If we don’t start, it’s certain we can’t arrive.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Ambition

Individuals score points, but teams win games.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Cooperation

Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don’t hang around long enough for his or her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people.
Zig Ziglar

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

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.
Zig Ziglar

Happiness is not pleasure, it’s victory.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Happiness, Victory, Pleasure

Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember, the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Criticism, Opposition

The more you express gratitude for what you have the more you will have to express gratitude for.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Attitude

People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Family

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

When you forgive somebody else you accept the responsibility for your own future.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Forgiveness

When someone we love is having difficulty and is giving us a bad time, it’s better to explore the cause than to criticize the action.
Zig Ziglar

The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Persuasion

If you don’t like who you are and where you are, don’t worry about it because you’re not stuck either with who you are or where you are. You can grow. You can change. You can be more than you are.
Zig Ziglar

Remember there is plenty of room at the top—but not enough to sit down.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Success, Winning

Success is just a matter of luck-just ask any failure.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Determination

When obstacles arise change your direction to reach your goal, not the decision to get there.
Zig Ziglar

Success is not a destination, it’s a journey.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Success

You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want.
Zig Ziglar

You have to “be” before you can “do,” and do before you can “have.”
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Action

I don’t care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don’t harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there you’re never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Goals, Accomplishment

Failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Failure

Success is not measured by what you do compared to what others do, it is measured by what you do with the ability God gave you.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Success

It’s not the situation, but whether we react, or respond, to the situation that’s important.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Effectiveness

Failure is an event, never a person; an attitude not an outcome.
Zig Ziglar

You cannot solve a problem until you acknowledge that you have one and accept responsibility for solving it.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Effectiveness

Too many people spend more time planning how to get the job than on how to become productive and successful in that job.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Ability

What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mind.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Attitude

You have to be before you can do, and do before you can have.
Zig Ziglar
Topics: Effectiveness

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