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Zig Ziglar, gets his claim to fame from being a motivational speaker. Most of his fame comes from areas of personal development, self-help and positive movement. I like the way some of these quotes have shaped and made us pause and think. Here is a collection of 15 such quotes for inspiration from Zig Zaglar.

Failure is a detour, not a dead end street – Zig Zaglar

This is perhaps one of the best inspiring quotes by Zig Zaglar. I had a strict distaste for failure and perhaps even now do. But this was because I thought of failure as a decision saying that I can’t have what I want. But failure too has a journey. As a beautiful quote says – the journey of failure and success are similar. The only change is that we have to use this failure as feedback and learn from it. Once we do that, we are constantly growing and nothing can stop us from finding a route to success.

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great – Zig Ziglar Quotes

We have to start somewhere. Every great achievement was once only a plan. The main point in this quote is to prevent the paralysis by analysis. If we keep analysing for the perfect situation, we will never reach our final goals. We must start our journey with what we know. As Theodore Roosevelt says – start where you are, with what you have. Once you start, you can define and adjust your journey to reach your success.

If you have enough push, you don’t have to worry about the pull – Zig Zaglar

This is an offbeat quote by Zig Zaglar, but equally powerful. This quote is all about the power of motivation. Our motivation drives us with desire and an inspiration to achieve something. Whereas, the desperation creates fear, distaste and not a fun journey to take. We don’t have a lot of time in life. If we create a journey of inspiration and love for what we do, if we have enough push, you don’t have to worry about the pull. You will find ways to create this pull and be on this continuous journey of success.

Quotes from Zig Zaglar

With these three quotes as a prelude, here is a selection of 15 inspiring quotes from Zig Ziglar. Each of these quotes has a theme behind them, we would love to know what quote you like the most and why. Ultimately these quotes are supposed to inspire us or make us think. The outcome is to inspire us into action and to create something more from our lives.

1. Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success.
2. People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.
3. Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
4. Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street
5. Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will
6. Remember that failure is an event, not a person.
7. When you do more than you’re paid for, eventually you’ll be paid for more than you do.
8. If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.
9. Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.
10. If you have enough push, you don’t have to worry about the pull.
11. It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you use that makes a difference.
12. 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.
13. Obstacles are the things we see when we take our eyes off our goals.
14. Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
15. Success is like a ladder, and no one has ever climbed a ladder with their hands in their pockets.