Zig Ziglar Quotes

Success isn't what you've done compared to others. Success is what you've done compared to what you were made to do.

Don't be concerned who is watching you. The triumphs and merits of others belong to them - as do yours to you. Make the most of what you've got.

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

I always tell friends you can't judge your success by someone else's. You can't be afraid to fail.

I'd just like to prove to myself that I'm all here and all together and can get the best out of myself. I'd also like to prove that to a couple of other people.

I don't have anything to prove because I've already validated myself and my work speaks for itself.

It's really important that people don't view success as a competition.

One of the marks of excellent people is that they never compare themselves with others. They only compare themselves with themselves and with their past accomplishments and future potential.

You do not determine your success by comparing yourself to others, rather you determine your success by comparing your accomplishments to your capabilities.

I'm pretty hard on myself. Every now and again I'll go on my IMDB or update my resume and I'm like, "man, I've done a lot of work."

Money is cool, but being proud of yourself is something that's so rare.

God gave you your own race to run, stop comparing yourself to other people. They have their race and you have yours. Run hard and don't quit.

If you care about yourself, you should care about learning - even learning simple things. You come to have pride in yourself only by accomplishing things, even from fixing some old stairs...Others can't grant you self-respect, even others who care about you. You have to earn self-respect yourself.

Acceptance is such an important commodity, some have called it "the first law of personal growth".

We are all equal in that we can all strive to become the best we are capable of becoming. We can always improve but we shouldn't compare ourselves to others. We get in trouble when we start trying to measure up to someone else.

I was never no, never no, never enough, But I can try, I can try to toughen up.

You can take pride in yourself without comparing yourself to anybody else. If you run your race and be the best that you can be, then you can feel good about yourself.

Self-esteem must be earned! When you dare to dream, dare to follow that dream, dare to suffer through the pain, sacrifice, self-doubts, and friction from the world, you will genuinely impress yourself.

If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride

We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves.

Make certain that your goals are not measured in comparison with others.

If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.

Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms.

As long as you gave it your best shot, even if in the opinion of others 'you failed,' you didn't fail.