60 Sales Quotes to Inspire Your Sales Efforts in 2018

What separates great salespeople from the rest of the pack? Among other things, their willingness to constantly learn new things, inspire and get inspired by others.

Just like the greatest thinkers and leaders, great salespeople often have to deal with rejection, fear and hard times. In many cases, they are expected to step out of their comfort zone and take chances.

Some of those choices led to successes, some to failures, but most of them were inspired by or inspired many of those sales quotes that you can see on a typical sales team’s posters or calendars.

With that in mind, we present you with 60 inspiring sales quotes to keep you going until you reach all of your sales goals.

General Sales Quotes

1. “Numbers of sales do not correspond to numbers of readers.” – Michael Korda

2. “So long as new ideas are created, sales will continue to reach new highs.” – Dorothea Brande

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3. “Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.” – Zig Ziglar

4. “Sales may lead to advertising as much as advertising leads to sales.” – Michael Schudson

5. “Ninety percent of selling is conviction and 10 percent is persuasion.” – Shiv Khera

6. “Success in sales is the result of discipline, dedication and sacrifice.” – Thomas Roy Cromwell

7. “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

8. “The best sales questions have your expertise wrapped into them.” – Jill Konrath

9. “Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.” – Richard Branson

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10. “Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.” – Karl Marx

11. “In sales, a referral is the key to the door of resistance.” – Bo Bennet

12. “To me, job titles don’t matter. Everyone is in sales. It’s the only way we stay in business.” – Harvey Mackay

13. “McDonald’s is almost 50 years old. For 47 years we had a pretty consistent track record of being able to deliver admirable sales.” – Jim Cantalupo

Motivational Sales Quotes

14. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi

15.  “A goal is a dream with a deadline.” – Napoleon Hill

16.  “Your life can only get better when you do. Do something every day to improve your key skill areas.” – Brian Tracy

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17. “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them yourself.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

18. “If you are not moving closer to what you want in sales (or in life), you probably aren’t doing enough asking.” – Jack Canfield

19. “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Rohn

20. “Begin always expecting good things to happen.” – Tom Hopkins

21. “Dream big! There are no limitations to how good you can become or how high you can rise except the limits you put on yourself.” – Brian Tracy

22. “To succeed at selling a losing product, you must develop seriously superior sales techniques. In addition, you have to be massively competitive and incredibly hungry to survive in that environment.” – Ben Horowitz

23. “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” – Tony Robbins

24. “Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.” – Jack Canfield

25. “You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” – Albert Einstein

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26. “The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!” – Marvin Phillips

27. “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” – Ann Landers

28. “Expect the best, prepare for the worst, capitalize on what comes.” – Zig Ziglar

29. “There’s no lotion or potion that will make sales faster and easier for you – unless your potion is hard work.” – Jeffery Gitomer

30. “Keep yourself positive, cheerful and goal-oriented. Sales success is 80% attitude and only 20% aptitude.” – Brian Tracy

31. “The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.” – Henry Ford

32. “For every sale you miss because you’re too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you’re not enthusiastic enough.” – Zig Ziglar

33. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison

34. “There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” — Michael Phelps.

35. “Stop selling. Start helping.” – Zig Ziglar

Customer Relationship Sales Quotes

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36. “People don’t buy because what you do is awesome. People buy because it makes them feel awesome.” – Tara Gentile

37. “Approach each customer with the idea of helping him or her to solve a problem or achieve a goal, not of selling a product or service.” – Brian Tracy

38. “I love working with customers. Sales has really influenced everything I do. It has instilled in me the important traits of operating with a sense of urgency and listening to people.” – Jeffrey R. Immelt

39. “Sales Are Contingent Upon The Attitude Of The Salesman – Not The Attitude Of The Prospect.” – W. Clement Stone

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40. “Make a customer, not a sale.” – Katherine Barchetti

41. “You Don’t Need A Big Close As Many Sales Reps Believe. You Risk Losing Your Customer When You Save All The Good Stuff For The End. Keep The Customer Actively Involved Throughout Your Presentation, And Watch Your Results Improve.” – Harvey Mackay

42. “Value The Relationship More Than The Quota.” – Jeff Gitomer

43. Statistics Suggest That When Customers Complain, Business Owners And Managers Ought To Get Excited About It. The Complaining Customer Represents A Huge Opportunity For More Business.” – Zig Ziglar

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44. “You don’t close a sale, you open a relationship if you want to build a long-term, successful enterprise.” – Patricia Fripp

45. “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

46. “In Sales, You Let the Prospect Talk 80% of the Time and You Talk the Other 20%.”
Brandon Lewin

47. “Keep Your Sales Pipeline Full By Prospecting Continuously. Always Have More People To See Than You Have Time To See Them.” – Brian Tracy

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48. “If you are not taking care of your customer, your competitor will.” – Bob Hooey

“Being in Charge” Sales Quotes

49. “Either You Run The Day Or The Day Runs You.” – Jim Rohn

50. “Never say more than is necessary.” – Richard Brinsley Sheridan

51. “Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour day.” – Zig Ziglar

52. “Timid Salesmen Have Skinny Kids.” – Zig Ziglar

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53.  “Your Attitude Not Your Aptitude Will Determine Your Altitude.” – Zig Ziglar

54. “Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.” – Vince Lombardi

55. “Become the person who would attract the results you seek.” – Jim Cathcart

56. “I have never worked a day in my life without selling. If I believe in something, I sell it, and I sell it hard.” – Estée Lauder

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57.“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs

58. “We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.” – George S. Patton

59. “Surround yourself with a trusted and loyal team. It makes all the difference.” – Alison Pincus

60. “Change before you have to.” – Jack Welch

If you’re looking for more inspiration, in addition to the 60 sales quotes above, we have prepared additional 127 marketing quotes to inspire your business efforts.

Struggling with social media and customer relationships? Maybe our selection of social media and customer service quotes will get your creative juices flowing.

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