Zig Ziglar, whose real name was Hilary Hinton Ziglar (1926 – 2012), was an American writer, salesman, and motivational speaker who inspired thousands of people to work by directing their efforts to specific goals to achieve success through focused work.
Enjoy our collection of Zig Ziglar Quotes that will inspire you to focus on your dreams and achieve success in your life.
Make today worth remembering.
– Zig Ziglar
Zig Ziglar Quotes
1. “Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try.” – Zig Ziglar
2. “You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.” – Zig Ziglar
3. “You are the only person on Earth who can use your ability.” – Zig Ziglar
4. “Success comes when opportunity meets preparation.” – Zig Ziglar
5. “Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.” – Zig Ziglar
6. “If you do not think you deserve success, then you will do things that will keep you from getting success.” – Zig Ziglar
7. “Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.” – Zig Ziglar
8. “Happiness is the ability to move forward knowing the future will be better than the past.” – Zig Ziglar
9. “Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.” – Zig Ziglar
10. “When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.” – Zig Ziglar
Inspirational Zig Ziglar Quotes
11. “You cannot consistently perform in a manner which is inconsistent with the way you see yourself.” – Zig Ziglar
12. “Don’t let the mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future.” – Zig Ziglar
13. “You can’t hit a target you cannot see, and you cannot see a target you do not have.” – Zig Ziglar
14. “The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for.” – Zig Ziglar
15. “When you’ve got a strong enough why, you can always find the how.” – Zig Ziglar
16. “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar
17. “The real benefit of having goals is what you become by reaching them.” – Zig Ziglar
18. “Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.” – Zig Ziglar
19. “One of the main reasons people fail to reach their full potential is because they are unwilling to risk anything.” – Zig Ziglar
20. “Where you start is not as important as where you finish.” – Zig Ziglar
21. “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar
22. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
23. “In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!” – Zig Ziglar
24. “A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.” – Zig Ziglar
25. “Some people find fault like there is a reward for it.” – Zig Ziglar
26. “Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.” – Zig Ziglar
27. “it’s not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.” – Zig Ziglar
28. “Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.” – Zig Ziglar
29. “Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.” – Zig Ziglar
30. “You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.” – Zig Ziglar
31. “The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.” – Zig Ziglar
32. “If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.” – Zig Ziglar
33. “It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action and discipline that enabled us to follow through.” – Zig Ziglar
34. “You can succeed at almost anything for which you have unbridled enthusiasm.” – Zig Ziglar
35. “Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come.” – Zig Ziglar
36. “A goal properly set is halfway reached.” – Zig Ziglar
37. “When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.” – Zig Ziglar
38. “Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.” – Zig Ziglar
39. “Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.” – Zig Ziglar
40. “The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.” – Zig Ziglar
41. “You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” – Zig Ziglar
42. “How you see the future is much more important than what happened in your past.” – Zig Ziglar
43. “If people like you they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you they’ll do business with you.” – Zig Ziglar
44. “I believe Success is achieved by ordinary people with Extraordinary Determination.” – Zig Ziglar
45. “There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.” – Zig Ziglar
46. “People who accomplish great things work toward their objectives every day.” – Zig Ziglar
47. “We cannot start over, but we can begin now, and make a new beginning.” – Zig Ziglar
48. “Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.” – Zig Ziglar
49. “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
50. “Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. Worst people give you a lesson. And the best people give you memories.” – Zig Ziglar
51. “Positive thinking won’t allow you to do anything, but it will allow you to do everything better than negative thinking will.” – Zig Ziglar