Quotes by Zig Ziglar

“Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.”

“Many marriages would be better if the husband and wife clearly understood that they're on the same side.”

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

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

“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.”

“You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.”

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

“Failure is an event not a person.”

“Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success.”

“The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.”

“Optimists are those who go after Moby dick in a row boat with a bucket of tarter sauce.”

“Some people find fault like there is a reward for it."

“Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.”

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

“Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.”

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

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

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

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

“Ask yourself a question: Is my attitude worth catching?”

“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.”

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

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

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

“Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.”

“There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.”