Zig Ziglar Quotes

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.

I always find something to keep me busy.

I discovered that the best thing for me was to be very busy all the time. I can get a lot done, and I can do those tasks well.

Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW!

Hard work's a good distraction.

No matter what your work today, if it is worth while at all - time to plan it out, time to do it well, and time to finish it, is your day's greatest gift and your greatest job.

If you give yourself to your task at once, you won't have to do it twice.

I don't take time off.

I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

I have a deadline. I'm glad. I think that will help me get it done.

With learning lines, before I had Alfie, I'd put it off and think, 'Oh, I'll just have a glass of wine and then do it later,' but when you've finally got a child to bed and you know you've only got an hour, then you achieve so much.

The most important part of life is work, it's the flow, it's getting stuff done, feeling like you're doing something.

I knew I could control one thing, and that is my time and my hours and my effort and my efficiency.

When you're at work, it's about being present and getting as much done as humanly possible.

Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.

At first I probably seem very abrupt, but I like efficiency. There's work and there's play, and I always think: 'Let's get the work over with so we can thoroughly enjoy the play.'

I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time, I tried to accomplish as much as possible.

To give the best of the day to your work is most important.

You can spend your time daydreaming or make use of it in other ways.

You can't get anything done hanging out all day long.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

I have so much that I want to do. I hate wasting time.