Zig Ziglar quotes

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

— Zig Ziglar

“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.”

— Zig Ziglar

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

— Zig Ziglar

“The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches. The first one taught him the fundamentals; the second one instilled discipline in him and taught him more of the techniques that must be mastered to excel.”

— Zig Ziglar

“Problem-solving becomes a very important part of our makeup as we grow into maturity or move up the corporate ladder.”

— Zig Ziglar

“The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.”

— Zig Ziglar

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

— Zig Ziglar

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

— Zig Ziglar

“Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.”

— Zig Ziglar

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

— Zig Ziglar

“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.”

— Zig Ziglar

“If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.”

— Zig Ziglar

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

— Zig Ziglar

“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.”

— Zig Ziglar

“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.”

— Zig Ziglar

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

— Zig Ziglar

“New information makes new and fresh ideas possible.”

— Zig Ziglar

“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.'”

— Zig Ziglar

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

— Zig Ziglar

“The one thing coaches cannot tolerate... is the individual who grows arrogant because he excelled at a lower level and believes he has nothing else to learn.”

— Zig Ziglar

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

— Zig Ziglar

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

— Zig Ziglar

“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.”

— Zig Ziglar

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

— Zig Ziglar

“We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.”

— Zig Ziglar

“The top salesperson in the organization probably missed more sales than 90% of the sales people on the team, but they also made more calls than the others made.”

— Zig Ziglar

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

— Zig Ziglar

“If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.”

— Zig Ziglar

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

— Zig Ziglar

“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.”

— Zig Ziglar