Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Zig Ziglar, born Hilary Hinton Ziglar

Salesman, Motivational Author and Speaker

"Sometimes adversity is what we need to experience in order to be successful. Use every challenge as a learning experience that makes you smarter and stronger. Stay focused on your goal and keep trying. Eventually you will achieve the results you desire."

"Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business."

"Sometimes courtesies may seem like the words in the air, but the air-such as we use in filling tires in Searatna- can facilitate the way we function in life"

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

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

"Stop selling. Start helping."

"Success (a win) doesn't make you, and failure (a loss) doesn't make you."

"Success and happiness are not destinations, they are exciting, never-ending journeys."

"Success and happiness are not matters of chance but choice."

"Success in life and in sales is exactly that: to carry out the little things that make a big difference."

"Success doesn't make you and failure doesn't break you."

"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. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have."

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

"Success is like a ladder and no one has ever climbed a ladder with their hands in their pockets."

"Success is easy after you believe."

"Success is not a destination, it?s a journey. It?s the direction in which you are travelling."

"Success is not measured by what you do compared to what others do. It is measured by what you do with the ability God gave you."

"Success is one thing you can't pay for. You buy it on the installment plan and make payments every day."

"Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have."

"Success must never be measured by how much money you have."

"Success means doing the best we can with what we have. 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. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have."

"Surround yourself with optimistic people."

"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."

"Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation"

"Take time to be kind and to say ?thank you.?"

"Take one cup of love, two cups of loyalty, three cups of forgiveness, four quarts of faith and one barrel of laughter. Take love and loyalty and mix them thoroughly with faith; blend with tenderness, kindness and understanding. Add friendship and hope. Sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it with sunshine. Wrap it regularly with lots of hugs. Serve generous helpings daily."

"Surround yourself with people who want the best for you and the people you love!"

"The ?science? of astrology was founded on the assumption that the sun revolves around the earth."

"The ability to save money is one of the indicators of the village on the personal, and if you are not saving anything from your current income, you will not be able to save anything from future income also .. ignore the temporary pleasures of real-time in order to achieve a more important goal."

"The best recipe for happiness and contentment I've seen is this: dig a big hole in the garden of your thoughts and put into it all your disillusions, disappointments, regrets, worries, troubles, doubts, and fears. Cover well with the earth of fruitfulness. Water it from the well of contentment. Sow on top the seeds of hope, courage, strength, patience, and love. Then when the time for gathering comes, may your harvest be a rich and fruitful one."

"Take what you have and use it and your talent will be increased which brings more rewards."

"The basic goal-reaching principle is to understand that you go as far as you can see, and when you get there you will be able to see farther."

"The depth of your spirit will determine the height of your success."

"The choice to have a great attitude is something that nobody or no circumstance can take from you."

"The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want now."

"The elevator to success is not running; you must climb the stairs."

"The definition of success is getting many of the things money can buy and all the things money can't buy."

"The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty."

"The door to a balanced success opens wide on the hinges of hope and encouragement."

"The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist."

"the fear of loss is greater than the desire for gain."

"The great majority of people are wandering generalities rather than meaningful specifics. The fact is that you can?t hit a target that you can?t see. If you don?t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. You have to have goals."

"The greatest good we can do for others is not just to share our riches with them, but to reveal theirs."

"The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little."

"The greatest single cause of a poor self-image is the absence of unconditional love."

"The little things in life frequently make the difference in success and failure."

"The key to making it over the top is this: help enough other people get what they want."

"The mind completes whatever picture we put in it."

"The love of money is the root of all evil."

"The major difference between the big shot and the little shot is the big shot is just a little shot who kept on shooting."