Motivational Sales Quotes

I kept a list of my favorite motivation quotes that gathered over time.  Useful to put things in perspective for yourself, or do send out a Motivation Quote of the day to your sales team.

While no road is ever straight, dedication and persistence
will always lead you to
your dreams."

Arte Moreno (1946 - )
owner of the Los Angeles Angels,
first Hispanic owner of a major league sports team, former outdoor advertising salesman

 "Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)
Italian friar, founder of the Franciscan order

 "The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

 "Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."

Maya Angelou (1928 - )
American poet, writer, historian, educator

 "Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work."

 "You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. "

 "You accomplish victory step by step, not by leaps and bounds."

Lyn St. James (1947 - )
American race car driver
second woman in history to race in the Indianapolis 500

 "Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume."

Madeleine Albright (1937 - )
former U.S. Secretary of State
first foreign-born U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity to act despite our fears."

John McCain (1936 - )
U.S. Senator, Vietnam veteran

 "Success is not an entitlement. It has to be earned."

  "You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

 "Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it."

Margaret Thatcher (1925 - )
first woman in European history to
be elected prime minister

 "It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't."

Martin Van Buren (1782-1862)
eighth President of the United States

 "Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs."

 "To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success."

Henry John Heinz (1844-1919)
American entrepreneur
founder of H.J. Heinz Company

  "A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well."

Jeff Bezos (1964 - )
CEO and cofounder of Amazon.com

  "Attitude is a little thing that makes
a big difference."

Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
British prime minister during WWII

 "A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping stone to the optimist."

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
U.N. diplomat, humanitarian, U.S. First Lady

"The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital."

Joe Paterno (1926 - )
American college football coach
#4 on the all-time winning list to date

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection
in the work."

Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Greek philosopher

"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it."

Margaret Thatcher (1925 - )
first woman in European history elected prime minister

 "There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything."

Vince Lombardi (1913-1970)
Hall of Fame football coach
honored with the designation of the
Vince Lombardi Super Bowl Trophy

"If you take risks, you may still fail. But if you do not take risks, you will surely fail. The greatest risk of all is to do nothing."

Roberto C. Goizueta (1931-1997)
Cuban-American businessman
former CEO, Coca-Cola Co.

 "Believe in the best... have a goal for the best, never be satisfied with less than your best, try your best, and in the long run things will turn out for the best."

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."

"Do your work with all your heart and you will succeed."

 "You can tell a man is clever by his answers. You can tell a man is
wise by his questions."

 "Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future."

 "You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream; you've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself."

"The distance isn't important; it is only
the first step that is difficult."

Marie de Vichy-Chamrond,
the Marquise du Deffand (1697-1780)
French woman of letters,
patron of the arts