Zig ziglar quotes

There are no traffic jams when you go the extra mile.

It takes energy, mental toughness and spiritual reinforcement to successfully deal with life's opportunities, and to reach your objectives.

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

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

When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.

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

If you don't plan your time, someone else will help you waste it.

Take one cup of love, two cups of loyalty, three cups of forgiveness, four quarts of faith and one barrel of laughter. Take love and loyalty and mix them thoroughly with faith; blend with tenderness, kindness and understanding. Add friendship and hope. Sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it with sunshine. Wrap it regularly with lots of hugs. Serve generous helpings daily.

A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, smile often, dream big, laugh a lot and realize how blessed you are for what you have.

Boats in the harbor are safe but that is not what they are meant for.

Those who won't take a chance don't have a chance.

The height of your success is determined by the depth of your belief.

Any relationship primarily built on physical attractiveness is predestined to be short lived.

WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today's PEACE.

You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.

Every choice you make has an end result.

The moment you begin to worry about the things you want and the things you don’t have in life is the moment you will lose your gratitude... The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.

It's not going to be easy, it's going to be worth it.

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

Make finding the good in others a priority

Don't let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours.

I move forward in my life every day, even if it's only a tiny step, because I know that great things are accomplished with tiny moves, but nothing is accomplished by standing still

The 3 C's of Life: Choices, Chances and Changes.You must make a choice to take a chance or you will never change.

God sees everything at once and knows what you are called to do. Our part is not to play God, but to trust God - to believe that our single, solitary life can make a difference

A second chance doesn't mean anything if you haven't learned from your first mistake.

A positive attitude will have positive results because attitudes are contagious.

When you focus on problems, you get more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you have more opportunities.

Be firm on principle but flexible on method.

Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his/her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people.

Many times the difference between your accomplishment and your failure is your attitude.

A clear rejection is always better than a fake promise.

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

First, say to yourself what you would be; then do what you have to do. Life is a grindstone. Whether it wears you down or polishes you up depends on what YOU are made of.

You have to feed your mind daily with the good, clean, pure, powerful and positive.

The pages of your past cannot be rewritten, but the pages of your tomorrows are blank.

If you are selective about the things you choose to read, look at or listen to, then you are taking effective action against negative thinking. It's just like with a computer; if you change the input, you will change the output.

You don't build a business --you build people-- and then people build the business.

You never know when one act, or one word of encouragement can change a life forever.

When you change your thinking, you change actions, when you change your action you change your future.

Feed your mind with the good, the clean, the pure, the powerful, and the positive

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.

If your ride through life is not as smooth as you would like it to be, blaming the road may not be the answer.

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

Miserable people focus on what they hate about their life. Happy people focus on what they love about their life.

Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation

The first step to getting what you want is to have the courage to get rid of what you don't.

Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try.

Our problem is that we make the mistake of comparing ourselves to other people. You are not inferior or superior to any human being...You do not determine your success by comparing yourself to others, rather you determine your success by comparing your accomplishments to your capabilities. You are 'number one' when you do the best you can with what you have.

People who won’t take step number one never take step number two.

The next time you encounter a difficult obstacle or problem, you should smile and say, 'Here's my chance to grow.'

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.

Integrity gives you real freedom because you have nothing to fear since you have nothing to hide.

You will never find a truly happy self-centered person. They simply don't exist.

You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.

God will take care of what you go through. You take care of how you go through it.

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and Start being positive about what could go right.

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

True joy comes when you inspire, encourage, and guide someone else on a path that benefits him or her.

The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for

The best time to do something significant is between yesterday and tomorrow.

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

Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

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

Live in such a way that if someone should speak badly of you, no one would believe it.

You must manage yourself before you can lead someone else.

The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.

When the wrong people leave your life, the right things start to happen.

You have made some mistakes and you may not be where you want to be, but that has nothing to do with your future.

Don't let the mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future.

Your mind doesn't know the difference between reality and fantasy. Your mindacts on what you feed it. Feed it good thoughts.

We should never let our experience influence what we think about our potential.

What you do today can change all the tomorrow's of your life.

You cannot solve a problem until you acknowledge that you have one and accept responsibility for solving it.

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

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

There will always be people in your life who treat you wrong. Be sure to thank them for making you strong.

The past is your LESSON. The present is your GIFT. The future is your MOTIVATION.

God never shuts one door without opening a bigger better door. Hang in there. You are closer to success than you may think.

Some people find fault like there is a reward for it

What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mind.

In the blink of an eye everything can change. So forgive often and love with all your heart. You may not have that chance again.

If you haven't met Satan face to face, it's because you are running in the same direction.

When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that's when passion is born.

I have too many flaws to be perfect. But i have too many blessings to be ungrateful.

Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.

Don’t let Negative and Toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.

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.

You are the most influential person you will talk to all day.

F-E-A-R has two meanings: 'Forget Everything And Run' or 'Face Everything And Rise.' The choice is yours.

Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.

Happiness is not something you find, but rather something you create.

Worry is interest paid before it's due.

When you look at the possibilities instead of the problems, the future is filled with endless opportunities

Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good and doesn't solve any problems!

You can't have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage work ethic.

When we change the input into our minds, we change the output into our lives.

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.

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!

Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come.

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.

Success is not measured by what you do compared to what somebody else does. Success is measured by what you do compared to what you are capable of doing.

Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. Worst people give you a lesson. And best people give you memories.

The seed of a bamboo tree is planted, fertilized and watered. Nothing happens for the first year. There´s no sign of growth. Not even a hint. The same thing happens - or doesn´t happen - the second year. And then the third year. The tree is carefully watered and fertilized each year, but nothing shows. No growth. No anything. For eight years it can continue. Eight years! Then - after the eight years of fertilizing and watering have passed, with nothing to show for it - the bamboo tree suddenly sprouts and grows thirty feet in three months!

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.

If you don't like your situation in life, don't fret or worry--do something about it. Worry less, and act more.

Life is about balance. Be kind, but don’t let people abuse you. Trust, but don’t be deceived. Be content, but never stop improving yourself.

Create a life you can't wait to live.

Our daily objectives should include an honest effort to improve on yesterday.

Your life is a result of the choices you have made. If you don't like your life, start making better choices.

You are the only person in existence who can use your potential. It is an awesome responsibility.

Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That's success.

Surround yourself with those who see greatness within you, even when you don't see it yourself!

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

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

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.

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

Always do the right thing, always be exciting, always be encouraging, and always be learning something new.

Success is not a destination: It is a journey. The happiest people I know are those who are busy working toward specific objectives. The most bored and miserable people I know are those who are drifting along with no worthwhile objectives in mind.

Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.

Don't judge me by my past. I don't live there anymore

Success is like a ladder and no one has ever climbed a ladder with their hands in their pockets.

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

Don't start your day with broken pieces of the past. Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand new day and it's yours.

Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you.