Top 50 Most Motivational Sales Quotes
Who doesn’t need a dose of inspiration and motivation to push their limits and readopt the right attitude to achieve goals? Work can sometimes be stressful — especially in sales professions — and it’s important to stay “in shape” to deal with everyday challenges.
We might have a movie that inspires us or a famous phrase that we repeat to motivate ourselves during hard times. To inspire you and motivate your team, we’ve put together a list of inspirational quotes on sales and business.
Let yourself inspired, and don’t forget that with the right mindset and attitude, you can turn rejections into opportunities and failures into stepping stones to success.
BEST INSPIRATIONAL SALES QUOTES
1.“Make customer, not a sale.” — Katherine Barchetti
2. “Business success comes more from attitude than ability.” Michael Aguilar
3. “Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.” Zig Ziglar
4. “A salesman minus enthusiasm is just a clerk.” Harry F. Banks
5. “Most people think “selling” is the same as “talking.” But the most effective salespeople know that listening is the most important part of their job.” Roy Bartell
6. “To be successful is to go from chess to chess without ever losing your enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill
7. “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” Bil Gates
8. “‘If people like you they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you they’ll do business with you.” Zig Ziglar
9. “How you sell matters. What your process is matters. But how your customers feel when they engage with you matters more.” Tiffani Bova
10. “We see our customers as guests to a party, and we are the hosts.” Jeff Bezos
11. “Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers.” Seth Godin
12. “Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.” Jack Ma
13. “Know what your customers want most and what your company does best. Focus on where those two meet.” Kevin Stirtz
14. “If you don’t take care of your customer, your competitor will..” Bob Hooey
15.” Don’t celebrate closing a sale; celebrate opening a relationship.” Patricia Fripp
16. “Approach each customer with the idea of helping him or her solve a problem or achieving a goal, not selling a product or service.” Brian Tracy
17. “Practice is just as valuable as a sale. The sale will make you a living; the skill will make you a fortune.” Jim Rohn
18. “It’s about caring enough to create value for customers. If you get that part right, Selling is easy.” Anthony Iannarino
19. “It is not your customer’s job to remember you. It is your obligation and responsibility to make sure they don’t have the chance to forget you.” Patricia Fripp
20. “Talking isn’t selling, and selling isn’t closing.” Steli Efti
21. “Selling is essentially a transfer of feelings.” Zig Ziglar
22. “Start working with your prospects as if they’ve already hired you.” Jill Konrath
23. “Success at anything will always come down to this; focus and effort, and we control both..” Dwayne Johnson
24. “There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don’t put a lot of pressure on myself.” Lebron James
25. “The story is the heart of the sale.” Matthew Pollard
26. “If you don’t believe in what you’re selling, neither will your prospect.” Frank Bettger
27. “The key is not to call the decision-maker. The key is to have the decision maker call you.” Jeffrey Gitomer
28. “Selling is really about having conversations with people and helping improve their company or their life. If you look at it like that, Selling is a very admirable thing to do.” Lori Richardson
29. “Customers don’t care at all whether you close the deal or not. They care about improving their business.” Aaron Ross
30. “Great salespeople are relationship builders who provide value and help their customers win..” Jeffrey Gitomer
31. “A salesperson’s ethics and values contribute more to sales success than do techniques or strategies.” Ron Willingham
32. “If you want to invest in our company, we put the client on # 1, the employee on # 2, the shareholder on # 3.” Jack Ma
33. “No problem is too hard to overcome for a well-motivated salesperson.” Scott Adams
34. “The more I make you want to buy, the less I need to sell.” Michaël Aguilar
35. “Quality is remembered long after price is forgotten.” A. Gucci
36. “You must always be ready to negotiate, but never negotiate without being ready.” Richard Nixon
37. “I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.” Elon Musk
38. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Thomas Edison
39. “Don’t be afraid of failure. This is the way to succeed. “- Lebron James
40. “To sell well, you have to love your customers and be convinced that you are there to help them.” Olivier Piscart
41. “When you focus your attention on a single project, your mind is constantly suggesting ideas and improvements that it would miss if it were busy with multiple projects at the same time.” Phineas Taylor Barnum
42. “The questions you ask yourself are more important than anything you might say.” Tom Freese
43. “Self-trust is the first secret of success.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
44. “You should think of your clients as close friends.” Jay Abraham
45.“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” Zig Ziglar
46. You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills.” J. Rohn
47. “The best advertising is done by satisfied customers.” Philip Kotler
48. “Being first in a market is not everything. Customer loyalty is. And loyalty is not won by being first. It is won by being the best.” Stefan Persson
49. “The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.” Theodore Levitt
50. “We’ve had three big ideas at Amazon that we’ve stuck with for 18 years, and they’re the reason we’re successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.” Jeff Bezos
Among these 50 quotes, is there at least one that inspires you?
If so, keep it in mind and let yourself inspired whenever in need. 🔥
