35 Zig Ziglar’s Most Powerful Quotes on Success & Motivation

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
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Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
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People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.
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When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that’s when passion is born.
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You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
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It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
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There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.
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Every choice you make has an end result.
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Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
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If you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every time.
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Explanation: This quote means that without clear goals or direction, you won’t achieve anything meaningful. If you don’t have a specific target, you’ll never know what success looks like, and you’ll end up aimlessly drifting through life or work.

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
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Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
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Explanation : This means that failure is not the end—it’s just a temporary setback. A detour may take you on a different path, but it still leads you forward. So instead of giving up when things go wrong, learn from mistakes, adjust your approach, and keep moving toward your goal.

Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
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If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you’ll never end up with a nag.
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Explanation : This means if you treat your spouse with love, respect, and care, they will respond positively. Make your partner feel valued, and they will reciprocate with love. If you constantly complain or take them for granted, they may become frustrated.

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
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A goal properly set is halfway reached.
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Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.
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If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.
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Isn’t it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?
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People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.
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It’s not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.
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You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.
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You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.
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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.
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Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That’s success.
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If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.
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Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.
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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.
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The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.
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Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.
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Remember that failure is an event, not a person.
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Do more than you are being paid to do, and you’ll eventually be paid more for what you do.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.
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Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome.
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If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.
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Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.
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Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now.
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It is true that integrity alone won’t make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
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Your understanding of what you read and hear is, to a very large degree, determined by your vocabulary, so improve your vocabulary daily.
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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.
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Success must never be measured by how much money you have.
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The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.
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Success is dependent upon the glands – sweat glands.
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He climbs highest who helps another up.
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Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.
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Dreams grow if you grow.
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A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they’ll be there for you.
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You don’t drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
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You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
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Take time to be kind and to say ‘thank you.’
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Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
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Some people do really find fault like there’s a reward for it.
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Time well spent results in more money to spend, more money to save, and more time to vacation.
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Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.
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If you want to reach a goal, you must ‘see the reaching’ in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
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Only men of character are trusted.
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People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.
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If you want to earn more, learn more.
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It’s absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others.
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Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.
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The right quote can inspire people to change their ways.
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In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!
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Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.
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I once dieted so religiously I quit eating in church.
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Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice.
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When you make a promise, keep it.
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I took up an offer for me to lose 30 pounds in 30 days. It worked. I lost 30 days!
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Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our life. Consider this: If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed.
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