“Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.” -Zig Ziglar
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” -Zig Ziglar
“There is no such thing as a lazy person; he is either sick or uninspired.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.” -Zig Ziglar
“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
“The way you see life will largely determine what you get out of it.” -Zig Ziglar
“Failure has been correctly identified as the line of least persistence.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“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
“Don’t wait until you feel like taking a positive action. Take the action and then you will feel like doing it.” -Zig Ziglar
“If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.” -Zig Ziglar: as quoted in Deborah Norville: “The Power of Respect: Benefit from the Most Forgotten Element of Success” (2009), page 65
“When your image improves, your performance improves.” -Zig Ziglar
“Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.” -Zig Ziglar
“I am intelligent, competent, persistent, and creative. I am health conscious, balanced, and clean. I am flexible, punctual, and thrifty.” -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
“How you see your future is much more important than what happened in your past.” -Zig Ziglar
“For every sale you miss because you’re too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you’re not enthusiastic enough.” -Zig Ziglar
“Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.” -Zig Ziglar: as quoted in Kevin Baerg: “Created for Excellence: 12 keys to Godly Success” (1996), page 25
“Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.” -Zig Ziglar
“Obviously, there is little you can learn from doing nothing.” -Zig Ziglar
“People who truly understand God’s purpose for their lives know that we are called to be intimately involved with one another.” -Zig Ziglar: “Better than Good: Creating a Life You Can’t Wait to Live” (2007)
“People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.” -Zig Ziglar
“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.” -Zig Ziglar: as quoted in Alen Majer: “Trigger Events - How to Find Your Next Customer” (2007), page 22
“A man or woman is seldom happy unless he or she is sustaining him or herself and making a contribution to others.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“End the day with gratitude. There is someone, somewhere, that has less than you.” -Zig Ziglar
“Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love.” -Zig Ziglar
“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.” -Zig Ziglar
“You build a successful career, regardless of your field of endeavor, by the dozens of little things you do on and off the job.” -Zig Ziglar
“When you forgive somebody else you accept the responsibility for your own future.” -Zig Ziglar
“Success is in the details.” -Zig Ziglar
“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
“The most practical, beautiful, workable philosophy in the world won’t work - if you won’t.” -Zig Ziglar
“The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love, and loyalty.” -Zig Ziglar
“Be firm on principle but flexible on method.” -Zig Ziglar
“Never let your past determine your future.” -attributed to Zig Ziglar
“For every sale you miss because you’re too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you’re not enthusiastic enough.” -Zig Ziglar
“The only way to coast is downhill.” -Zig Ziglar
“A positive attitude will have positive results because attitudes are contagious.” -Zig Ziglar
“If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.” -Zig Ziglar
“There’s often no way you can look into the game of life and determine whether or not you’ll get that big break tomorrow or whether it will take another week, month, year or even longer. But it will come!” -Zig Ziglar
“You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” -Zig Ziglar: “Secrets of Closing the Sale” (1984)
“You cannot consistently perform in a manner which is inconsistent with the way you see yourself.” -Zig Ziglar
“They don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” -Zig Ziglar
“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
“Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.” -Zig Ziglar
“You’ve got to be before you can do, and you’ve got to do before you can have.” -Zig Ziglar
“What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mind.” -Zig Ziglar
“As I point out in another section, when you’re frustrated you can either wring your hands and lose what you have or roll up your sleeves and get what you want.” -Zig Ziglar: “Biscuits, Fleas, and Pump Handles” (1974), page 145
“It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom.” -Zig Ziglar
“When things seem bad, look to see if you’re not facing the wrong direction . . . When the outlook isn’t good, try the uplook - it’s always good.” -Zig Ziglar
In addition to the books mentioned in this topic, Zig Ziglar wrote other books, available in paperback from your favorite bookseller and as downloads for your favorite e-reader device. Following is a partial list.
□ “Conversations with My Dog” (2004)
□ “How to Get What You Want” (1987)
□ “Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World” (1985)
□ “Zig Ziglar’s Life Lifters” (2003)
□ “Secrets of Closing the Sale” (1982)
□ “Developing the Qualities of Success” (2010)
□ “See You at the Top” (1975)
□ “Confessions of a Happy Christian” (1978)
□ “Zig: The Autobiography” (2002)
□ “Courtship After Marriage” (1990)
The above list of works by Zig Ziglar is far from complete, so if you would like to see other titles included, please let us know.
“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
“Ability is important in our quest for success, but dependability is critical.” -Zig Ziglar
“Failure is an event, never a person; an attitude, not an outcome.” -Zig Ziglar
“The most influential person who will talk to you all day is you, so you should be very careful about what you say to you!” -Zig Ziglar
“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.” -Zig Ziglar
“When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.” -Zig Ziglar
“You cannot tailor-make the situations in life, but you can tailor-make your attitudes to fit those situations.” -Zig Ziglar
“The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for.” -Zig Ziglar
“Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our life. Consider this: If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed. Realistically, the more problems we have and the larger they are, the greater our value to our employer.” -Zig Ziglar
“Will you look back on life and say, ‘I wish I had’ or ‘I’m glad I did’?” -Zig Ziglar
“Desire is the ingredient that changes the hot water of mediocrity to the steam of outstanding success.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.” -Zig Ziglar
“Obstacles are the things we see when we take our eyes off our goals.” -Zig Ziglar
“Man was designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.” -Zig Ziglar
“There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.” -Zig Ziglar
“When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.” -Zig Ziglar
“When you focus on problems, you get more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you have more opportunities.” -Zig Ziglar
“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” -Zig Ziglar
“You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.” -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
“You don’t have to have it all figured out to move forward.” -Zig Ziglar
“Success is like a ladder, and no one has ever climbed a ladder with their hands in their pockets.” -Zig Ziglar
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” -Zig Ziglar
“A goal properly set is halfway reached.” -Zig Ziglar
“Fewer people are bent from hard work than are crooked from avoiding it.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” -Zig Ziglar: as quoted in Lilly Walters: “Secrets of Superstar Speakers: Wisdom from the Greatest Motivators of Our Time” (2000), page 96
“When you give a man a dole, you deny him his dignity, and when you deny him his dignity you rob him of his destiny.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.” -Zig Ziglar
“Happiness is not pleasure - it is victory.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“Other people and things can stop you temporarily . . . You’re the only one who can do it permanently!” -Zig Ziglar
“Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking the tartar sauce with you.” -Zig Ziglar
“The price of success is much lower than the price of failure.” -Zig Ziglar
“Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them!” -Zig Ziglar
“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
“If you don’t save something on your current income, you won’t save anything on your future income.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“Most people who fail in their dreams fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.” -Zig Ziglar
“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.” -Zig Ziglar: as quoted in Dave Stone: “Refining Your Style: Learning from Respected Communicators” (2004), page 143
“Success means doing the best we can with what we have. 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. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.” -Zig Ziglar: as quoted in Hugh B. Sanders: “The Subconscious Diet: It’s Not What You Put in Your Mouth; It Is What You Put in Your Mind” (2005), page 104
“The way to get what you want is to help others get what they want.” -Zig Ziglar
“Far too many people have no idea of what they can do because all they have been told is what they can’t do. They don’t know what they want because they don’t know what’s available for them.” -Zig Ziglar
“When you associate with winners, your chances of winning go up!” -Zig Ziglar
Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar was born on 6 November 1926 in Coffee County, Alabama, United States of America, as the tenth of twelve children born to parents John Silas Ziglar and Lila Wescott Ziglar. He became a salesman, a professional motivational speaker, and a writer. Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar passed on at 86 years of age on 28 November 2012 in Plano, Texas, United States of America.
“People who build hope into their own lives and who share hope with others become powerful people.” -Zig Ziglar
Zig Ziglar devoted his life to helping others get what they want in their lives. To find out what this can mean for your own professional and personal development, click on Zig Ziglar.
“Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow you reap. What you give you get. What you see in others exists in you. Regardless of who you are or what you do, if you are looking for the best way to reap the most reward in all areas of life, you should look for the good in every person and in every situation and adopt the golden rule as a way of life.” -Zig Ziglar
“Make today worth remembering.” -Zig Ziglar
This is MFOL! . . . your wonderful free source for the good in life: humor, inspiration, learning, and more . . .
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” -Zig Ziglar
“There is no such thing as a lazy person; he is either sick or uninspired.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.” -Zig Ziglar
“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
“The way you see life will largely determine what you get out of it.” -Zig Ziglar
“Failure has been correctly identified as the line of least persistence.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“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
“Don’t wait until you feel like taking a positive action. Take the action and then you will feel like doing it.” -Zig Ziglar
“If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.” -Zig Ziglar: as quoted in Deborah Norville: “The Power of Respect: Benefit from the Most Forgotten Element of Success” (2009), page 65
“When your image improves, your performance improves.” -Zig Ziglar
“Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.” -Zig Ziglar
“I am intelligent, competent, persistent, and creative. I am health conscious, balanced, and clean. I am flexible, punctual, and thrifty.” -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
“How you see your future is much more important than what happened in your past.” -Zig Ziglar
“For every sale you miss because you’re too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you’re not enthusiastic enough.” -Zig Ziglar
“Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.” -Zig Ziglar: as quoted in Kevin Baerg: “Created for Excellence: 12 keys to Godly Success” (1996), page 25
“Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.” -Zig Ziglar
“Obviously, there is little you can learn from doing nothing.” -Zig Ziglar
“People who truly understand God’s purpose for their lives know that we are called to be intimately involved with one another.” -Zig Ziglar: “Better than Good: Creating a Life You Can’t Wait to Live” (2007)
“People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.” -Zig Ziglar
“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.” -Zig Ziglar: as quoted in Alen Majer: “Trigger Events - How to Find Your Next Customer” (2007), page 22
“A man or woman is seldom happy unless he or she is sustaining him or herself and making a contribution to others.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“End the day with gratitude. There is someone, somewhere, that has less than you.” -Zig Ziglar
“Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love.” -Zig Ziglar
“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.” -Zig Ziglar
“You build a successful career, regardless of your field of endeavor, by the dozens of little things you do on and off the job.” -Zig Ziglar
“When you forgive somebody else you accept the responsibility for your own future.” -Zig Ziglar
“Success is in the details.” -Zig Ziglar
“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
“The most practical, beautiful, workable philosophy in the world won’t work - if you won’t.” -Zig Ziglar
“The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love, and loyalty.” -Zig Ziglar
“Be firm on principle but flexible on method.” -Zig Ziglar
“Never let your past determine your future.” -attributed to Zig Ziglar
“For every sale you miss because you’re too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you’re not enthusiastic enough.” -Zig Ziglar
“The only way to coast is downhill.” -Zig Ziglar
“A positive attitude will have positive results because attitudes are contagious.” -Zig Ziglar
“If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.” -Zig Ziglar
“There’s often no way you can look into the game of life and determine whether or not you’ll get that big break tomorrow or whether it will take another week, month, year or even longer. But it will come!” -Zig Ziglar
“You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” -Zig Ziglar: “Secrets of Closing the Sale” (1984)
“You cannot consistently perform in a manner which is inconsistent with the way you see yourself.” -Zig Ziglar
“They don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” -Zig Ziglar
“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
“Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.” -Zig Ziglar
“You’ve got to be before you can do, and you’ve got to do before you can have.” -Zig Ziglar
“What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mind.” -Zig Ziglar
“As I point out in another section, when you’re frustrated you can either wring your hands and lose what you have or roll up your sleeves and get what you want.” -Zig Ziglar: “Biscuits, Fleas, and Pump Handles” (1974), page 145
“It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom.” -Zig Ziglar
“When things seem bad, look to see if you’re not facing the wrong direction . . . When the outlook isn’t good, try the uplook - it’s always good.” -Zig Ziglar
In addition to the books mentioned in this topic, Zig Ziglar wrote other books, available in paperback from your favorite bookseller and as downloads for your favorite e-reader device. Following is a partial list.
□ “Conversations with My Dog” (2004)
□ “How to Get What You Want” (1987)
□ “Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World” (1985)
□ “Zig Ziglar’s Life Lifters” (2003)
□ “Secrets of Closing the Sale” (1982)
□ “Developing the Qualities of Success” (2010)
□ “See You at the Top” (1975)
□ “Confessions of a Happy Christian” (1978)
□ “Zig: The Autobiography” (2002)
□ “Courtship After Marriage” (1990)
The above list of works by Zig Ziglar is far from complete, so if you would like to see other titles included, please let us know.
“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
“Ability is important in our quest for success, but dependability is critical.” -Zig Ziglar
“Failure is an event, never a person; an attitude, not an outcome.” -Zig Ziglar
“The most influential person who will talk to you all day is you, so you should be very careful about what you say to you!” -Zig Ziglar
“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.” -Zig Ziglar
“When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.” -Zig Ziglar
“You cannot tailor-make the situations in life, but you can tailor-make your attitudes to fit those situations.” -Zig Ziglar
“The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for.” -Zig Ziglar
“Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our life. Consider this: If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed. Realistically, the more problems we have and the larger they are, the greater our value to our employer.” -Zig Ziglar
“Will you look back on life and say, ‘I wish I had’ or ‘I’m glad I did’?” -Zig Ziglar
“Desire is the ingredient that changes the hot water of mediocrity to the steam of outstanding success.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.” -Zig Ziglar
“Obstacles are the things we see when we take our eyes off our goals.” -Zig Ziglar
“Man was designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.” -Zig Ziglar
“There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.” -Zig Ziglar
“When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.” -Zig Ziglar
“When you focus on problems, you get more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you have more opportunities.” -Zig Ziglar
“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” -Zig Ziglar
“You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.” -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
“You don’t have to have it all figured out to move forward.” -Zig Ziglar
“Success is like a ladder, and no one has ever climbed a ladder with their hands in their pockets.” -Zig Ziglar
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” -Zig Ziglar
“A goal properly set is halfway reached.” -Zig Ziglar
“Fewer people are bent from hard work than are crooked from avoiding it.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” -Zig Ziglar: as quoted in Lilly Walters: “Secrets of Superstar Speakers: Wisdom from the Greatest Motivators of Our Time” (2000), page 96
“When you give a man a dole, you deny him his dignity, and when you deny him his dignity you rob him of his destiny.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.” -Zig Ziglar
“Happiness is not pleasure - it is victory.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“Other people and things can stop you temporarily . . . You’re the only one who can do it permanently!” -Zig Ziglar
“Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking the tartar sauce with you.” -Zig Ziglar
“The price of success is much lower than the price of failure.” -Zig Ziglar
“Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them!” -Zig Ziglar
“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
“If you don’t save something on your current income, you won’t save anything on your future income.” -Zig Ziglar: “See You at the Top” (2000)
“Most people who fail in their dreams fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.” -Zig Ziglar
“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.” -Zig Ziglar: as quoted in Dave Stone: “Refining Your Style: Learning from Respected Communicators” (2004), page 143
“Success means doing the best we can with what we have. 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. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.” -Zig Ziglar: as quoted in Hugh B. Sanders: “The Subconscious Diet: It’s Not What You Put in Your Mouth; It Is What You Put in Your Mind” (2005), page 104
“The way to get what you want is to help others get what they want.” -Zig Ziglar
“Far too many people have no idea of what they can do because all they have been told is what they can’t do. They don’t know what they want because they don’t know what’s available for them.” -Zig Ziglar
“When you associate with winners, your chances of winning go up!” -Zig Ziglar
Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar was born on 6 November 1926 in Coffee County, Alabama, United States of America, as the tenth of twelve children born to parents John Silas Ziglar and Lila Wescott Ziglar. He became a salesman, a professional motivational speaker, and a writer. Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar passed on at 86 years of age on 28 November 2012 in Plano, Texas, United States of America.
“People who build hope into their own lives and who share hope with others become powerful people.” -Zig Ziglar
Zig Ziglar devoted his life to helping others get what they want in their lives. To find out what this can mean for your own professional and personal development, click on Zig Ziglar.
“Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow you reap. What you give you get. What you see in others exists in you. Regardless of who you are or what you do, if you are looking for the best way to reap the most reward in all areas of life, you should look for the good in every person and in every situation and adopt the golden rule as a way of life.” -Zig Ziglar
“Make today worth remembering.” -Zig Ziglar
This is MFOL! . . . your wonderful free source for the good in life: humor, inspiration, learning, and more . . .