"There are seldom, if ever, any hopeless situations, but there are many people who lose hope in the face of some situations."
Zig Ziglar
Author, Motivational Speaker
Zig Ziglar was a motivational speaker and author known for his insights on personal development and success, particularly through his book 'See You at the Top.'
- Born
- November 6, 1926
- Died
- November 28, 2012
- Quotes
- 741
- Rank
- #327
Quote collection
Zig Ziglar quotes (page 17 of 38)
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"Some people find fault like there is a reward for it"
"You never know when one act, or one word of encouragement can change a life forever."
"You can't climb uphill by thinking downhill thoughts."
"If you will be hard on yourself, life will be easy on you. But if you insist upon being easy on yourself, life is going to be very hard on you."
"Make finding the good in others a priority"
"We build our character from the bricks of habit we pile up day by day."
"I would rather train someone and lose them, than not train them and keep them"
"For 24 years of my adult life, by choice I weighed well over 200 lbs. I say by choice because you see I have never accidentally eaten anything."
"If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere."
"Far too many people have no idea of what they can do because all they have been told is what they can't do. They don't know what they want because they don't know what's available for them."
"You cannot rise about your words. A lot of people use foul, pornographic, filthy, language and you SEE, all of those words paint pictures and they reveal the internal thinking of the person on the inside. YOU cannot RISE (forward, onward upward) above your words."
"Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have."
"In life we have many disappointments. Those who go on to greater things dwell on the disappointments briefly and then move on"
"One difference between those who make it and those who don't--regardless of their field of endeavor--is not the "talent" difference. Those who go over the top have a dream and the dream has them. They make the commitment and pursue that dream with dogged patience and persistence. Commitment produces consistent, enthusiastic effort that inevitably produces greater and greater rewards."
"I believe that persistent effort, supported by a character-based foundation, will enable you to get more of the things money will buy and all of the things money won't buy."
"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."
"God created man on purpose, and for a purpose."
"The same God who created Rembrandt created you, and you are as precious in God’s sight as Rembrandt or anyone else."
"Evidence is conclusive that your self-talk has a direct bearing on your performance."