Zig Ziglar Quotes

I'm very much a creative person, but you've got to do the follow-through. A lot of people start out with an exciting thing and they want to take over the world, but really the people who do take over the world have a good plan of how to get there and the steps along the way.

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

Vision without execution is delusion.

Sound strategy starts with having the right goal.

Vision without execution is hallucination.

Without execution, 'vision' is just another word for hallucination.

The best big idea is only going to be as good as its implementation.

Action without planning is the cause of all failure. Action with planning is the cause of all success.

Execution is everything.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.

A lot of things look good on an academic's blackboard in terms of the actions that need to be taken. It's almost like a football coach, when you draw the X's and O's: Every play that is chalked on that board goes for a touchdown. Well, there are a lot of yards to be made between the line of scrimmage and the touchdown.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Without a plan, there's no attack. Without attack, no victory.

You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.

Having an eye is one thing, but you have to be able to execute.

The proof is in the results, and the proof will be in the ongoing ability to execute.

First of all, you've got to have a vision of 'What kind of program do I want to have?' Then you've got to have a plan to implement it. Then you've got to set the example that you want, develop the principles and values that are important, and get people to buy into it.

Leaders tend to focus on 'what to do,' but the real issue is more often 'how to do it.'

To win is not important. To be successful is not even important. How to plan and prepare is crucial. When you plan very well and prepare very well, then success can come on the way. Then winning can come on your way.

Potential is just potential until you can pull it off, and you need to show up ready to exercise the plan in mind. I've always come from that place in everything I've ever done.

Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities.

Strategy is all very well, but it pays to give thought from time to time to the results.

Good ideas need good strategy to realize their potential.

Personal excellence can be achieved by a visionary goal, through planning, dedicated execution, and total follow-through.