Zig Ziglar Quotes

It's some weird idea to think that you've always got to say everything is great and perfect.

I'm capable of looking on the bright side. I just don't do it very often.

In nicey-nicey land, you must be happy-clappy and positive all the time - bad news is taboo.

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.

Optimism is the opium of the people.

I am disappointed when I don't win, because I want to believe I can win on every horse I ride, which is a ridiculous thing to think. Even if I'm on a horse that I have woken up thinking has no chance, by the time I've reached the course, I'll have convinced myself that it can win and will be disappointed if it doesn't.

Enthusiasm and misplaced belief can take you a long way.

Too often people view idealists as naive.

You have to be an optimist, right? You have to be critical, then you have to be an optimist. Or else you're really stupid.

Nobody should pin their hopes on a miracle.

To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.

I'm not Pollyanna. Nobody has a magic wand.

I do think there's something funny about being over-optimistic.

I'm not Pollyanna.

I guess a little bit of delusion can go a long way.

I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs.

I'm taking all the negatives in my life, and turning them into a positive.

People like Bill Maher, who brags about being a cynic, it sickens me. I am the least cynical person I know, and I am very, very skeptical.

It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are... than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise.

If there's one thing that makes me cynical, it's optimists. They are just far too cynical about cynicism. If only they could see that cynics can be happy, constructive, even fun to hang out with, they might learn a thing or two.

There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.

That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.

Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist.

I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.

I know there's millions of problems in the world, but if you dwell on those, then you're going to be miserable. I think my meditation helps me to transcend and get beyond the grip of all the negativity and regenerate from within a more positive attitude, which comes in very handy when you're going to do 150 concerts a year.