Zig Ziglar

You may not be able to change the world, but when you change your world, you have taken a major step in changing the world. And when you change your world for the better, you have positioned yourself perfectly to change the world of those around you.

If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

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

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

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

You need a plan to build a house. To build a life, it is even more important to have a plan or goal.

You can't climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.

It is your attitude, not your aptitude, that determines your altitude.

When you see a person without a smile, give them yours.

Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

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

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.

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

I have no way of knowing whether or not you married the wrong person. But I do know that if you treat the wrong person like the right person, you could well end up having married the right person after all. It is far more important to be the right kind of person than it is to marry the right person. On the other hand, if you marry the right person and treat them wrong, you certainly will have ended up marrying the wrong person.

If we demand a certain answer, we set ourselves up for disappointment, and if disappointment isn’t arrested, it will soon lead to discouragement.

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

Most of the problems in life are because of two reasons: we act without thinking or we keep thinking without acting.

When you give a man a dole you deny him his dignity, and when you deny him his dignity you rob him his destiny.

When I discipline myself to eat properly, live morally, exercise regularly, grow mentally and spiritually, and not put any drugs or alcohol in my body, I have given myself the freedom to be at my best, perform at my best, and reap all the rewards that go along with it.

But did it grow ninety feet in six weeks or was it ninety feet in five years? You think about it for a moment, and you know it was ninety feet in five years because had there been any year they did not water it and fertilize it, there would have been no Chinese bamboo tree.

The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for.

I opened two gifts this morning. They were my eyes.

Happiness is not pleasure - it is victory.

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

A great attitude becomes a great mood, which becomes a great day, which becomes a great year, which becomes a great life.

What you get by reaching your destination is not nearly as important as what you will become by reaching your destination.

REMEMBER THAT FAILURE IS AN EVENT, NOT A PERSON.

If you don't pay the price for success, you'll pay the price for failure.

Regardless of your lot in life, build something beautiful on it.