Zig Ziglar Quotes

Focus on opportunities, not problems.

When you look at the possibilities instead of the problems, the future is filled with endless opportunities

I'm that person who says, 'No matter what the problem is, there's a solution.' That's the way my brain is wired. If someone says to me, 'Well, that's not possible. It can't happen,' I say, 'Yes it is. I'm going to sit here and show you that it can.'

That's the way I look at things - if you focus on the worst case scenario and it happens, you've lived it twice. It sounds like Pollyanna-ish tripe but I'm telling you - it works for me.

Take your mind off the problems for a moment, and focus on the positive possibilities. Consider how very much you are able to do.

Pessimists are toxic. I love optimists - and by that, I don't mean people who are unable to see challenges. Optimists are solution-oriented.

My view is that where there are problems, there are opportunities.

It is a curious quirk of human nature that some people can see opportunities, while others only see problems.

One day, someone showed me a glass of water that was half full. And he said, "Is it half full or half empty?" So I drank the water. No more problem.

A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done.

A pessimist sees problems in opportunities whereas an optimist sees opportunities in problems.

Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.

Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.

Nothing in life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it.

I don't have any problems in life, just situations.

I ceased using words like optimism and pessimism a long time ago.

A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.

You have to have the right mind-set.

If you have a lemon, make lemonade.

I don't dwell on success. Maybe that's one reason I'm successful.

Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.

Most people miss the great part mental outlook plays in this game.

I don't have any affirmations, I don't have any of that stuff. My natural state is to look at things as possibilities and as opportunities.

They say 'expect the worst.' I say 'Expect the best and even better will happen.'

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.