Zig Ziglar Quotes

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. ... Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

You don't achieve success by "taking it easy" or "working on it later." You achieve it thru persistence and hard work.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.

There is no royal road to a successful life, as there is no royal road to learning. It has got to be hard knocks, morning, noon, and night, and fixity of purpose.

What I did have, which others perhaps didn't, was a capacity for sticking at it, which really is the point, not the talent at all. You have to stick at it.

Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Those that walk with vigor, three hours a day, will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe.

Shut up and write anyway. Don't use anything as an excuse.

Sticking to it is the genius.

Almost anything difficult, any challenge takes time, patience, and hard work.

If you are hardworking and determined, you will make it and that's the bottom line. I don't believe in an easy way through.

Effort, not ability, makes the biggest difference in achievement.

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up.

Quitting is never an option. The cows have to be milked come Hell or High Water.

Work hard, be steady, and have faith in the Lord. Set to work.

Good things come to those who have patience and take consistent, persistent actions toward what they want.

Stay the course. When thwarted try again; harder; smarter. Persevere relentlessly.

Not art and science only, but patience will be required for the work.

Everyone starts strong. Success comes to those with unwavering commitment to be at the end.

If what you are doing is worth doing, hang in there until it is done.

There's always a way through things if you work hard enough and look close. It all depends on your level of determination.

Hard work pays off if you're patient enough to see it through.

There is no secret, you try and never stop trying. If you have to sleep all day, and get up the next day, you keep trying. If you have to take 3 years away, do it and then come back. But it's all about trying. Not everything will work, but some things will, and you have to try.

People often ask me for the secret to success. Usually, they mean success in the music industry, but I think the answer applies to most things in life: always persevere and never give up.

Every time my capability as an actor would be questioned, I would put in double the effort.