30 Zig Ziglar Quotes to Totally Motivate Your Day

Zig Ziglar not only has an awesome name, but he was a master communicator. He was one of the best story tellers and motivators of our generation. Ziglar revolutionized the industry, and of course along the way left us with hundreds of quotes. I have compiled a list of my 30 favorite Zig Ziglar quotes to get you through the day.

“Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.”
― Zig Ziglar, Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World

“Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.”
― Zig Ziglar

“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.”
― Zig Ziglar

“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.”
― Zig Ziglar

“Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.”
― Zig Ziglar

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great”
― Zig Ziglar

“The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now”
― Zig Ziglar

“Many marriages would be better if the husband and wife clearly understood that they’re on the same side. ”
― Zig Ziglar

“Make today worth remembering.”
― Zig Ziglar

“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could”
― Zig Ziglar

“If you go out looking for friends, you’re going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”
― Zig Ziglar

“If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.”
― Zig Ziglar

“You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want.”
― Zig Ziglar

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

“There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.”
― Zig Ziglar

“Failure is an event not a person”
― Zig Ziglar

“You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.”
― Zig Ziglar

“You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”
― Zig Ziglar

“Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.”
― Zig Ziglar

“Some people find fault like there is a reward for it”
― Zig Ziglar, Zig Ziglar’s Little Book of Quotes

“Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission”
― Zig Ziglar

“Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success.”
― Zig Ziglar

“The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.”
― Zig Ziglar

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”
― Zig Ziglar

“The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for”
― Zig Ziglar

“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.”
― Zig Ziglar

“Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.”
― Zig Ziglar

“it’s not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.”
― Zig Ziglar

“Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there”
― Zig Ziglar

“Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people.”
― Zig Ziglar

Which of these quotes is your favorite? Did I leave one off of the list? Please share in the comments below.