Zig Ziglar quotes:

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt has been described as founder of the Bull Moose Party, the man who led his troops up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War, a big game hunter, family man, civic servant and a host of other things.

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

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.

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

Research indicates that employees 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.

Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet.

When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.

Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.

The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

We all prospect, and don't even know we're doing it. When you start the dating process, you are actually prospecting for the person you want to marry. When you're interviewing employees, you are prospecting for someone who will best fit your needs.

At 25, I was in the audience of my first professional speaker, Bob Bales. His presentation got my attention. I had never seen anyone having so much fun 'at work' and getting paid for it!

Time well spent results in more money to spend, more money to save, and more time to vacation.

Money is not the most important thing, but when you need it, there are few substitutes. So while I like the things money can buy, I love what money won't buy. It bought me a house but it won't buy me a home. It would buy me a companion but it won't buy me a friend.

I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.

People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.

I am convinced after more than 50 years in the field of motivation that anyone who wants to learn to look at life and/or their circumstances in a positive light can do so.

If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you'll never end up with a nag.

Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means 'the love of wisdom.'

Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.

Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.

The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.

We hear tears loudly on this side of Heaven. What we don't take time to contemplate are the even louder cheers on the other side of death's valley.

Isn't it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?

If my life has had a theme, I suppose it has been a typical American theme in that, for most of it, I have been looking for happiness and success.

Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.

Husbands and wives, have fun with each other. I'm convinced it makes all the difference in the world.

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

I'm constantly amazed that owners and managers of all businesses don't train their people to call the person who pays by credit card by name. It definitely makes the customer feel good and will be a factor in bringing them back to your place of business.

I once dieted so religiously I quit eating in church.

All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.

You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.

It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.

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

There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.

I've always taught that a poor economy is the best opportunity for salespeople because the naysayers and grumblers have already given up, leaving more territory, more opportunities to be successful than in a good economy when virtually all salespeople are out there, giving it their best.

You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.

Fact: If standard of living is your number one objective, quality of life almost never improves. But if quality of life is your number one objective, standard of living invariably improves.

The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.

Being productive gives people a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that loafing never can.

Your understanding of what you read and hear is, to a very large degree, determined by your vocabulary, so improve your vocabulary daily.

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

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

Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand-new day.

Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.

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

There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

Now's the best time you'll ever have in life to get ahead!

If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with you.

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.

Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.

Send out a cheerful, positive greeting, and most of the time you will get back a cheerful, positive greeting. It's also true that if you send out a negative greeting, you will, in most cases, get back a negative greeting.

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

You are who you are and what you are because of what has gone into your mind. You can change who you are and what you are by changing what goes into your mind.

I'm a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word 'grow.'

Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

A plan is always successful if the plan is good.

You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

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

Only men of character are trusted.

Success must never be measured by how much money you have.

A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.

Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice.

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

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.

He climbs highest who helps another up.

People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.

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

In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!

Yes, it's absolutely true that anything worth doing is worth doing poorly - until you can learn to do it well.

There's never been a doctor who served many patients who, despite their best efforts, did not lose some of them to death. But they understood that was part of life itself.

Every choice you make has an end result.

I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.

If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.

A productive employee who is kept busy working at his or her job is far more likely to be happy at that job and less likely to look for employment elsewhere.

When there is no job related stress, you are more aware of your mate and children, if you are a parent.

To be candid, some people have given positive thinking a bad name. I can't stand to hear some gung-ho individual say that with positive thinking you can just do 'anything.' If you think about that one for a moment, you recognize the absurdity of it.

Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.

My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.

The person who dumps garbage into your mind will do you considerably more harm than the person who dumps garbage on your floor, because each load of mind garbage negatively impacts your possibilities and lowers your expectations.

Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our life. Consider this: If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed.

Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome.

For 24 years of my adult life, by choice I weighed well over 200 pounds. I say 'by choice' because I have never 'accidentally' eaten anything, so when I choose to eat too much, I have chosen to weigh too much.

It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.

It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.

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

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

Just saying you are better than good won't make it so. But, when you understand what it takes to live the better than good life, and you apply yourself, your life will truly be better than good.

The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don't bring presents.

You've got to be before you can do and do before you can have.

You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.

Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves.

The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling.

The right quote can inspire people to change their ways.

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.

How Many Marriages Would Be Better If the Husband and the Wife Clearly Understood That They're On the Same Side?

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

Your life can't go according to plan if you have no plan.

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

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

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.

This morning did you wake up to an alarm clock or an opportunity clock?

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

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.

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Push on, friend. You're just one exciting step from the banquet hall of life.

Most of us would be upset if we were accused of being "silly." But the word "silly" comes from the old English word "selig," and its literal definition is "to be blessed, happy, healthy and prosperous."

Husbands and wives, first, be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.