Zig Ziglar Quotes:

For Personal and Professional Success

Zig Ziglar quotes selected to help us become more successful in our personal and professional lives.

Zig Ziglar Bio

Years ago, he walked away from a record-setting sales career to help other people become more successful in their personal and professional lives. He's the one and only Zig Ziglar, and his name is synonymous with confidence, motivation and success. A master at motivational speaking, Mr. Ziglar has been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Dallas Morning News, Fortune, Success and Esquire magazines, and has appeared on the Today show, 20/20, 60 minutes and The Phil Donahue show.

Success is not a destination, it's a journey.

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.

It's not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you.

Of all the "attitudes" we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing.

Obstacles are things we see when we take our eyes off our goals.

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

Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night's sleep, a house but not a home, a companion but not a friend.

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

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.

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.

The basic goal-reaching principle is to understand that you go as far as you can see, and when you get there you will always be able to see farther.

Goals

Without clearly defined goals, you simply can’t achieve the success you want! In Goals, world-renowned motivator Zig Ziglar guides you through a clear, beautifully organized 'success trip.' Along the way, you’ll learn how to recognize and set your goals. You’ll learn techniques for finding extra time you didn’t think you had and for cutting down big goals to easy-to-handle size. Now you can take advantage of this all-important opportunity to write your 'business plan for life.'

Zig Ziglar Quotes About Children

Our children are our only hope for the future, but we are their only hope for their present and their future.

Start your child's day with love and encouragement and end the day the same way.

The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models.

Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love.

The best thing a parent can do for a child is to love his or her spouse.

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

Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World

Zig Ziglar, one of America's most prominent motivational speakers and success coaches now brings you the guidelines that you need to face life's parental challenges. In this updated version of Zig's classic Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World, Zig shows you that today's parenting challenges really aren't so different from the challenges of the past.

Zig Ziglar Quotes About Marriage

Many marriages would be better if the husband and wife clearly understood that they're on the same side.

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.

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

Your mate doesn't live by bread alone; he or she needs to be "buttered up" from time to time.

If you're sincere, praise is effective. If you're insincere, it's manipulative.

The best way to make your spouse and children feel secure is not with big deposits in bank accounts, but with little deposits of thoughtfulness and affection in the "love account."

Courtship After Marriage

Zig Ziglar recognizes the importance of building a relationship that can stand the test of time and the pressures from society to become a strong, firm foundation for the entire family. In The New Courtship After Marriage, Zig teaches couples how a warm, loving, respectful commitment can stay and even grow stronger throughout the years. Zig and his beautiful wife Jean ("the redhead" as he affectionately calls her) have been married for more than 50 years.