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Inspirational Quotations

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Inspirational Quotes by Zig Ziglar (American Author)

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

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Effectiveness

Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: America

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

Start your child’s day with love and encouragement and end the day the same way.
—Zig Ziglar

Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there. Make motivation a habit and you will get there more quickly and have more fun on the trip.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Motivation, Habit

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
—Zig Ziglar

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Winning, Expectation, Preparation, Winners, Ability, Entrepreneurs

Every obnoxious act is a cry for help.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Attitude

The best thing a parent can do for a child is to love his or her spouse.
—Zig Ziglar

Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night’s sleep, a house but not a home, a companion but not a friend.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Success, Wealth

Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Weddings, Planning

The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models.
—Zig Ziglar

Our children are our only hope for the future, but we are their only hope for their present and their future.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Hope, Future

Our favorite attitude should be gratitude.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Attitude, Gratitude

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
Topics: Goals, Vision

Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking the tartar sauce with you.
—Zig Ziglar

You cannot make it as a wandering generality. You must become a meaningful specific.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Goals

What you do off the job is determining factor in how far you will go on the job.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Ability

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

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

You can’t hit a target you cannot see, and you cannot see a target you do not have.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Goals

Of all the “attitudes” we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Attitude, Thankfulness

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

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Ability, Doing Your Best

Success is one thing you can’t pay for. You buy it on the installment plan and make payments every day.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Success

You can disagree without being disagreeable.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Attitude

People often say motivation doesn’t last. Neither does bathing—that’s why we recommend it daily.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Motivational, Motivation

Action often precedes the feeling.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Ambition

If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Expectation, Performance, Winners, Winning

Be firm on principle but flexible on method.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: One liners

This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Persistence, Ability

You are at the top when you’ve made friends with the past, are focused on the present, and optimistic about your future. … .
—Zig Ziglar

We all need a daily check up from the neck up to avoid stinkin’ thinkin’ which ultimately leads to hardening of the attitudes.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Attitude

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

To respond is positive, to react is negative.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Effectiveness

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

You are free to choose, but the choices you make today will determine what you will have, be and do in the tomorrow of your life.
—Zig Ziglar
Topics: Responsibility

When you set goals, something inside of you starts Saying, “Let’s go, let’s go,” and ceilings start to move up.
—Zig Ziglar

Success is dependent upon the glands—sweat glands.
—Zig Ziglar

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