Top 500 Zig Ziglar Quotes (2024 Update)
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301. “Life really is like a grindstone, in that it will either grind you down or polish you up.”

— Zig Ziglar

302. “If you haven’t met Satan face to face, it’s because you are running in the same direction.”

— Zig Ziglar

303. “Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.”

— Zig Ziglar

304. “Everything that occurs teaches and prepares you for the next stage of life. Nothing is lost.”

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305. “Quit counting time and start making time count.”

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306. “You can never get ahead by trying to get even.”

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307. “It’s not where you start or even what happens to you along the way that’s important. What is important is that you persevere and never give up on yourself.”

— Zig Ziglar

308. “I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can’t truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.”

— Zig Ziglar

309. “Those who won’t take a chance don’t have a chance.”

— Zig Ziglar

310. “Today is the tomorrow you were optimistic about yesterday. What are you doing today to make tomorrow as rewarding as you had hoped today would be?”

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311. “When you choose to be pleasant and positive in the way you treat others, you have also chosen, in most cases, how you are going to be treated by others.”

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312. “Evidence is conclusive that your self-talk has a direct bearing on your performance.”

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313. “When your confidence goes up, your competence goes up the same time.”

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314. “Encouragement is the fuel on which hope runs.”

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315. “It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom.”

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316. “You gotta have goals!”

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317. “Whether you respond to life or react to life determines how far you’re gonna go in life.”

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318. “Your thinking today determines your performance today.”

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319. “Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.”

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320. “Success is like pumping an old well handle. You have to pump a very long time before you get water. But don’t give up or you will have to start all over again.”

— Zig Ziglar

321. “A smile is your greatest social asset.”

— Zig Ziglar

322. “Hope is the foundational quality of all change, and encouragement is the fuel which keeps hope alive.”

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323. “You will never find a truly happy self-centered person. They simply don’t exist.”

— Zig Ziglar

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

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325. “We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.”

— Zig Ziglar

326. “Every person has unique gifts, and those gifts give him or her the power and the opportunity to accomplish great things, if he or she learns how to use those gifts and channel them in the right direction.”

— Zig Ziglar

327. “Make finding the good in others a priority.”

— Zig Ziglar

328. “When you turn to God you discover He has been facing you all the time.”

— Zig Ziglar

329. “Your attitude is more important that your aptitude.”

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330. “Too many people spend more time planning how to get the job than on how to become productive and successful in that job.”

— Zig Ziglar

331. “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

332. “When you set goals, something inside of you starts saying, “Let’s go, let’s go,” and ceilings start to move up.”

— Zig Ziglar

333. “Keep your thinking right and your business will be right.”

— Zig Ziglar

334. “Look at the bright side no matter how old you are, you are younger than you’ll ever be again.”

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335. “When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.”

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336. “Rather than shrinking away from your problems, grow bigger than them.”

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337. “The problem is not getting rid of fear, but using it properly.”

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338. “The only way to coast is downhill.”

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

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340. “There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.”

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341. “You can only see in others what is inside of you.”

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342. “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.”

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343. “In your hands you hold the seeds of failure or the potential for greatness. Your hands are capable, but they must be used and for the right things to reap the rewards you are capable of attaining. The choice is yours.”

— Zig Ziglar

344. “Two sure ways to fail- Think and never do or do and never think.”

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345. “Surround yourself with optimistic people.”

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346. “People who build hope into their own lives and who share hope with others become powerful people.”

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347. “You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.”

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348. “Never make a promise without a plan.”

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349. “The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.”

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350. “If you don’t like who you are and where you are, don’t worry about it because you’re not stuck either with who you are or where you are. You can grow. You can change. You can be more than you are.”

— Zig Ziglar