Sales is a hard job (and running a sales team is even harder), so tough days are inevitable.
Salespeople often face difficult clients, an array of objections and missed quotas that can lead to a lack of motivation.
All you can do is pick yourself up off the ground and begin each day with a fresh perspective and a positive attitude. We think this motivational sales quote from Zig Ziglar perfectly captures that spirit:
Sometimes, all you need is an inspirational sales quote to refocus your energy and tackle your sales pipeline.
Whether you don’t have it in you to make another sales call out of fear of rejection, or you’re feeling inadequate about your abilities and performance metrics, there’s a quote to help you to hop back into your sales cycle and generate a quality performance.
Here are 68 motivational sales quotes any sales professional or sales manager should keep in their back pocket for those days when you're feeling uninspired in your profession or business.
1. “If you are not taking care of your customer, your competitor will.” – Bob Hooey
2. "Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is." – Vince Lombardi
3. “Chase the vision, not the money; the money will end up following you.” – Tony Hsieh
4. “Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ‘Make me feel important.’ Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.” – Mary Kay Ash
5. "Ninety percent of selling is conviction and 10 percent is persuasion." – Shiv Khera
6. “I like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully persuade, not manipulate, a person or persons into a win-win situation.” – Bo Bennett
7. “Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers.” – Seth Godin
8. “Make a customer, not a sale.” – Katherine Barchetti
9. “In sales, a referral is the key to the door of resistance.” – Bo Bennett
10. “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” – Bill Gates
11. “A-B-C. Always Be Closing.” – Blake in Glengarry Glen Ross
12. “You're only as good as your last sale, so you put your all into something and just hope that from that you can get your next job." – Josh Peck
13. “Turn up the volume of your computer speakers before making calls. You may hear money talk.” – Pipedrive
1. “Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn
2. “Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle – when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.” – Christopher McDougall
3. “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rogers
4. “Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.” – Henry J. Kaiser
5. “80% of success is showing up.” – Woody Allen
6. “You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.” – Wayne Gretzky
7. “Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.” – Jim Rohn
8. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin
9. “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill
10. “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill
11. “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” – Ann Landers
12. “Focus on being productive instead of being busy.” – Tim Ferriss
13. "We're not here to take part, we're here to take over." – Conor McGregor
14. “By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.” – Robert Frost
15. “Time is the friend of the wonderful business, the enemy of the mediocre.” – Warren Buffett
16. “Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
17. “Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.” – Biz Stone
18. “Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favour.” – Brian Tracy
19. "Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." – John D. Rockefeller
20. “If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on.” – Sheryl Sandberg
21. “The expert in anything was once a beginner.” – Helen Hayes
22. “Be so good, they can’t ignore you.” – Steve Martin
You’ve probably heard of a lot of these sales quotes already – they’re just that good! These selling quotations come from Zig Ziglar, who was an American author, salesman and motivational speaker.
Whether you’re a manager looking to inspire your sales team and help them get to the other side of fear, or looking for inspiration from great salespeople for yourself, there are endless outlets to find it. Sales reps should learn how to self-motivate throughout the sales process and trust their sales skills. An important part of their job is learning how to get to the other side of fear and overcoming their perceived greatest weaknesses by facing challenges head on.
They can’t do it alone, however. An effective sales strategy requires great sales management, and motivating your team members and encouraging them to break out of their comfort zone is a huge part of that.
Use some of the inspirational sales quotes we listed here in your daily or weekly check-in emails, or look through social media platforms like Linkedin for inspiring stories, sales tips and more motivational sales quotes.
Then, find a way to memorize your favorite selling quotations to encourage you throughout the day and drive towards sales success.
If these help you, they’ll likely help someone else! Feel free to pass these along to a sales team member who may need a little pick-me-up, or leave your favorite motivational quote in the comments below.
Remember, confidence is half the battle.
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