Sales is one of the most challenging jobs to do. It requires a lot of dedication and commitment to succeed in this field. Sales motivational quotes are a great way to inspire your sales team. With these quotes, you can ensure that your salesforce is on the right track and know what they need to do to close deals. 

Best general sales inspirational quotes

What to say to motivate salespeople? Check out the following potent quotes.

#1. “I cannot give up now because if I do, then there will be no point in starting at all.” – Author unknown

#2. “If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete.” – Peter Drucker

#3. “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln

#4. “The only way to succeed is to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison

#5. “It’s not about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving.” –Rocky Balboa

#6. “Success is a journey, not a destination.” – Ben Sweetland

#7. “Success is not final, and failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

#8. “The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people say no to almost everything.” – Steve Jobs

#9. “It always seems impossible until it’s done” – Nelson Mandela.

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

#11. “Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” –Og Mandino

#12. “You must expect great things from yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan

#13. “Success looks a lot like failure up until the moment you break through the finish line.” – Dan Waldschmidt

#14. “Excellence is not a skill. It’s an attitude.” – Ralph Marston.

#15. “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

#16. “Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you reach your goal” –Ava DuVernay.

#17. “Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have the same number of hours per day that were given to Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Helen Keller, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

#18. “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph”- Thomas Paine.

#19. “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is” – Vince Lombard.

Best sales motivational quotes for prospecting

Sales prospecting is the process of finding potential customers. It involves researching and identifying potential prospects and then contacting them to determine their interest in the offered product or service.

There are many challenges in sales prospecting. You may have to deal with rejection, not getting responses, and having to keep track of progress. These quotes can inspire you to keep going.

#20. “Prospecting – find the man with the problem.” – Ben Friedman

#21. “I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.” –Madam C.J. Walker

#22. “It’s not about having the right opportunities, but about handling the opportunities right.”- Mark Hunter

#23. “Don’t expect to be motivated every day to get out there and make things happen. You won’t be. Don’t count on motivation. Count on Discipline.” – Jocko Willink

#24. All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like, and trust.”– Bob Burg

#25. “Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.”- Tom Peters

#26. “What differentiates sellers today is their ability to bring fresh ideas.”- Jill Konrath

#27. High expectations are the key to everything.”- Sam Walton

#28. “Today, the salesperson isn’t the sole conduit of information to the firms.  If the buyer has a poor experience with a seller, they’ll simply move onto the next channel.” – Mary Shea, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research.

#29. “If you want to make money, you have to help someone else make money.” –Russell Simmons

#30. “You don’t have to be the smartest person in the room. You don’t have to rely on luck or getting a better territory. You just have to plan your work and work your plan. It works every time it’s tried.” – Kelly Riggs, Founder & President, The Business LockerRoom

#31. “The first and foremost challenge of selling products is to convince the customer that the product is worth buying. The second challenge is to convince them that it will be worth their time and money.”

Best sales motivation quotes for selling products

The first and foremost challenge of selling products is to convince the customer that the product is worth buying. The second hurdle is to persuade them that it will be worth their time and money.

High prices, competition, and a lack of interest from buyers also challenge sellers. The following sales motivational quotes can keep you focused.

#32. “When reps take the role of a curious student rather than an informed expert, buyers are much more inclined to engage.” – Jeff Hoffman

#33. “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

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

#35.  “Sellers who listen to buyers carefully and then give them the missing ingredients – those are the ones who stand out.” – Deb Calvert

#36. “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.

#37. “Don’t find customers for your products; find products for your customers.” – Seth Godin

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

#39. “If you don’t believe in what you’re selling, neither will your prospect.” – Frank Bettger

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

#41. “How you sell is more important than what you sell.” – Andy Paul, author, speaker, and strategist, Zero-Time Selling

#42. “Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.” – Zig Ziglar, legendary sales author and speaker.

#43. “Ninety percent of selling is conviction, and 10 percent is persuasion.” – Shiv Khera

#44. “To be seen as a credible and trusted advisor, every touch you have with a customer should provide added value.” – Sharon Gillenwater, Co-Founder, and Editor-in-Chief, Boardroom Insiders

#45  “Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman, not the attitude of the prospect.”- William Clement Stone

#46. “The best way to sell a product is to make people want the product.” – Ted Nicholas

#47. “Successful selling is not so much what you say, but what you prove.” – David Ogilvy

#48.  “You don’t need to be a great salesperson. You just need to be better than the other guy.” – Jeff Bezos

#49. “Selling is not about convincing people that your product is flawless; it’s about making them believe that your product will solve their problem.” – Geoffrey James

Best sales inspirational quotes for closing

The process of closing a sale is not just limited to the salesperson; it’s a joint effort from both sides. The customer also needs persuasion to buy the product or service. Check out the following quotes to motivate you.

#50.“There is no magic to closing. There are no magic phrases. Closing the deal is completely dependent on the situation.” – Alice Heiman.

#51.  “Customers don’t care at all whether you close the deal or not. They care about improving their business. It’s easy to forget this in the heat of a sales cycle.” – Aaron Ross.

#52. “It’s no longer about interrupting, pitching, and closing. It is about listening, diagnosing and prescribing.” – Mark Roberge.

#53.  “Great sellers go into a meeting with multiple next-steps; this allows them to respond if a plan does not unfold as planned proactively.” – Tibor Shanto, Chief Sales Officer, Renbor Sales Solutions

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

#55. “To build a long-term, successful enterprise, when you don’t close a sale, open a relationship.”

#56. “Don’t try to do everything by yourself, but try to connect with people and resources. Having that discipline and perseverance is really important.” –Chieu Cao.

#57. “Customers don’t care at all whether you close the deal or not. They care about improving their business. It’s easy to forget this in the heat of a sales cycle.” – Aaron Ross.

#58. “You don’t need a big close, as many sales reps believe. You risk losing your customers when you save all the good stuff for the end. Keep the customer actively involved throughout the presentation, and watch your results improve.” – Harvey MacKay.

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Motivational quotes with a twist

#59. “If you are not willing to risk everything, then you are not willing to have anything.”-Author unknown

#60. “If you don’t ask, the answer is always no.”-Nora Roberts.

#61. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”–Wayne Gretzky 

#62. “Don’t let your dreams be dreams.”- Shia LaBeouf

#63. “The only way to get started is by stopping talking about it.”-  Walt Disney, Co-Founder Of The Walt Disney Company

#64. “You don’t need someone else’s permission before you can live your life.” – Author unknown

#65. “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay

#66. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

#67. “You can’t sell what you don’t have.” – Author Unknown

#68. “It’s not the will to win that matters–everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.” – Bobby Knight

#69.  “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve trusted to take the game-winning shot and miss. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeeded.” – Michael Jordan

#70. “I’m not a salesman. I’m a salesman’s son.”- Author unknown

#71.  “If you’re not willing to risk everything, then you’re never going to do anything great.” – Author unknown

#72. “The first step in selling is sincerity, and the second step is sincerity.”- Author unknown

#73. “There are three things that can happen in a sales call: they say yes, they say no, they say maybe. The only way to get a yes is by asking the right questions.” – Author unknown

 #74. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” –Winston Churchill

Top inspirational quotes on sales strategy

#75. “If you’re not a little bit scared, then you’re not challenging yourself.”-Author unknown

#76. “You have to believe in yourself when no one else does, or no one else will.” -Author unknown

#77. “I always tell people that the most important thing is to never give up on your dreams because dreams do come true.” – Author unknown

#78. “The best way to get what you want is to help other people get what they want.” –Zig Ziglar

#79. “Don’t let someone tell you that something can’t be done.”- Author unknown

#80.  “You need both a plan and the willingness to change it.” –Author unknown

#81. “Successful salespeople know how to make things happen for their customers.” – Author unknown

#82. “The sale is not over until the customer says yes!” –Author unknown

#83. “You will attract way more buyers if you are offering to teach them something of value to them than you will ever attract by simply trying to sell them your product or service.” – Chet Holmes

Over to you

Sales reps are often the most overlooked members of an organization. They’re the ones out there in the world, talking to people and closing deals. To be successful at their job, they need to have a lot of motivation.

Motivational sales quotes can be helpful to inspire salespeople. Also, they can provide a boost in productivity and help them stay positive.

Quotes are not the only way to motivate sellers. The best way is to show them that your company appreciates and respects their efforts. A little thank you can go a long way for the sales team. Also, you can include one or two sales motivational quotes in an email to inspire your salesforce.

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