Zig Ziglar on Vision and Clarity

  1. The greatest good we can do for others is not just to share our riches with them, but to reveal theirs.
  2. 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.
  3. Every choice you make has an end result.
  4. People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.
  5. A goal properly set is halfway reached.
  6. You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
  7. If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.
  8. Remember that failure is an event, not a person.
  9. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
  10. 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.
  11. Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.
  12. When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.
  13. Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
  14. You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
  15. The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now.
  16. There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.
  17. Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.
  18. You cannot consistently perform in a manner which is inconsistent with the way you see yourself.
  19. What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
  20. Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.
  21. Everybody says they want to be free. Take the train off the tracks and it’s free-but it can’t go anywhere.
  22. You can succeed at almost anything for which you have unbridled enthusiasm.
  23. Life is a classroom — only those who are willing to be lifelong learners will move to the head of the class.
  24. The more you pass on to others the more your keep for yourself.
  25. You may not be where you want to be, but that has nothing to do with your future.
  26. Unless you have definite precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.
  27. Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you can learn to do it well.
  28. If you want to reach a goal, you must “see the reaching” in you own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.