Quotes from Zig Ziglar's The Performance Planner, ©1986, 2004

"Man was designed for accomplishment, engineered for success and endowed with the seeds of greatness."

"When you do the things you need to do, when you need to do them, the day will come when you can do the things you want to do, when you want to do them."

"You gotta 'be' before you can 'do', and you gotta 'do' before you can have."

"One person with a commitment is worth a hundred who only have an interest." - Mary Crowley

"By the mile it's a trial, by the inch it's a cinch!"

"What you do off the job is going to be a determining factor in how far you go on the job."

"Don't let others rain on your parade - or don't be a SNIOP (Susceptible to the Negative Influence of Other People)."

"You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want."

"Remember that what you get by reaching your destination is not nearly so important as what you will become by reaching your goals, because what you will become is the winner you were born to be."

"IF YOU WANT TO REACH YOUR GOAL,
YOU MUST SEE THE REACHING IN YOUR OWN MIND
BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY ARRIVE AT YOUR GOAL."

"Be a matter great or small, do it well or not at all." - Mama Ziglar

"Dog got to be man's best friend by wagging his tail, not his tongue."

"If you have enough push, you don't have to worry about the pull."

"A fool is quick-tempered; a wise man stays cool when insulted." - Proverbs 12:16

"It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice."

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

"Take time to be quiet."

"Don't carouse with drunkards and gluttons, for they are on their way to poverty." - Proverbs 23:20-21

"You can never get ahead by trying to get even."

"A goal properly set is halfway reached."

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

"If you do not live the life you believe, you will believe the life you live."

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

"Some people find fault like there was a reward for it."

"Those people who look down on others are generally living on a bluff."

"Every choice you make has an end result."

"Be with wise men and become wise. Be with evil men and become evil." - Proverbs 13:20

"When you make people feel important, you will be important."

"You cannot be one kind of person and another kind of salesperson."

"You cannot make it as a wandering generality. You must become a meaningful specific."

"You never work for somebody else."

"People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace."

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

"Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty." - Proverbs 28:19

"The best way for a salesperson to avoid being rejected is to never ask for the order."

"To build a healthy self-image, finish the job."

"You can't climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure."

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

"You're really criticizing your Maker when you criticize what He did with you."

"Idle hands are the devil's workshop; idle lips are his mouthpiece." - Proverbs 16:27

"If you treat everybody like they're hurting, you'll be treating most in the proper way."

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

"God don't sponsor no flops." - Ethel Waters

"Sow an action, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap character. Sow character, reap a destiny."

"The way you see people is the way you treat them."

"You cannot tailor make your situations in life, but you can tailor make your attitudes to fit those situations."

"Learn to be wise and develop good judgment and common sense."

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

"Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands."

"Telling the truth gives a man great satisfaction, and hard work returns many blessings to him." - Proverbs 12:14

"To build your self-image, you need to join the smile, firm handshake, and compliment club."

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

"A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person."

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

"Wealth from gambling quickly disappears; wealth from hard work grows." - Proverbs 13:11

"If you go out looking for friends you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere."

"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission."

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

"Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street."

"Failure is the line of least persistence."

"The best thing to do behind a person's back is to pat it."

"A fool thinks he needs no advice, but a wise man listens to others." - Proverbs 12:15

"We don't pay the price for success, we pay the price for failure."

"To be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic!"

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

"There is absolutely no commission on a sale you almost make."

"Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it."

"The wise man saves for the future, but the foolish man spends whatever he gets." - Proverbs 21:20

"Ask yourself a question: Is my attitude worth catching?"

"As long as you can laugh at you, it won't bother you when others laugh at you."

"There's a vast difference between standard of living and quality of life."

"Hardening of the attitudes is the most deadly disease on the face of this earth."

"Become a good-finder. Look for the good in others."

"Don't confuse activity with accomplishment."

"Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things."

"Logic will not change an emotion, but action will."

"When the outlook isn't good, try the up-look."

"A key in winning relationships is to let the other person feel important."

"You don't pay the price for success - you enjoy its benefits."

"Success is measured by what you do compared to what you could have done with what God gave you."

"When you're tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you."

SEE YOU OVER THE TOP!

- Zig Ziglar