Zig Ziglar Quotes

Like many young people, I believe I have potential to make a positive impact in the world.

It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better.

I can't tell you how important it is for people on the public stage to utilize that stage in a constructive, positive way. When you're in the public eye, you have a decision to make - whether you are going to be an influence or not.

I know that I do have influence over the people who watch me, and it's quite a pressure. I have to stay positive, and while I would never use the words 'role model', I am mindful of the responsibilities that come with a substantial viewership.

I'm trying to have everything that I put into the world be something that makes a difference in the way I want to make a difference.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

I try to be a good human being and keep up with what's going on in the world by reading and staying in touch with the current events.

I believe you have to nurture your conscience.

I think the end goal, hopefully, is to take advantage of the attention I've gotten along the way and use it for good and build some communities, and as I get older I can continue to do things and be surrounded by things that are inspirational to me.

The more you know about the world, the more resources you have in terms of things that can inform your character or the circumstances that surround your character.

At the end of the day, we always show that truth triumphs. We don't leave the movie in the middle saying, 'Great, pick whatever you want to and go out there and do something wrong'. Bollywood is not the only influence in a person's life. They are also affected by their family and friends.

Most people are playing the game of compounding interest, which is self interest - how do they take care of themselves and produce more for themselves, storing value for their own benefit. I play a different game. A game I call 'compounding impact.' How do you make a positive impact in the world?

When I was younger I wish there had been more opportunities to just go out and enjoy myself. So, now that I am in a privileged position I want to try and be a positive influence if I can.

I want to do projects that speak to people, things that inspire change, and projects that help people grow and help me grow in the process.

A lot of people say that my life is wasted on me because I could be a bigger asshole than I am, but I've chosen not to be.

Our job is to make change. Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better than we found them, more able to get where they'd like to go. Every time we waste that opportunity, every page or sentence that doesn't do enough to advance the cause is waste.

A person may be qualified to do greater good to mankind and become more beneficial to the world, by morality without faith than by faith without morality.

Where are the vehicles to character development in secular society?

Do not think it wasted time to submit yourselves to any influence which may bring upon you any noble feeling.

An education that teaches you to understand something about the world has done only half of the assignment. The other half is to teach you to do something about making the world a better place.

The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities, and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece - by thought, choice, courage, and determination.

Our moral faculties must be placed highest, else they can no more flourish than could a plant growing under the shade and drip of trees.

One of the best ways to elevate your character is to emulate worthy role models

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.