15 Motivational Sales Quotes to Inspire Your Sales Team

Motivational Sales Quotes

Are you looking for some motivational sales quotes to inspire your sales team? We've got you covered!

We’ve put together a list of 15 motivational sales quotes from professional sales trainers, speakers, and authors. You’ll hear sales advice from industry leaders including Stephen Covey, Jill Konrath, Napoleon Hill, Michael Gerber, Simon Sinek, Malcolm Gladwell, and more.

All of the motivational sales quotes in this post are shareable via social media! Simply click the bird next to the text to share any quote via Twitter.

Motivational Sales Quotes

1. “I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance too?” –Jill Konrath

2. “People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe” ―Simon Sinek, Author of Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

3. “Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman – not the attitude of the prospect.” –W. Clement Stone, Author of The Success System that Never Fails

4. “Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.” –Napoleon Hill, Author of Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude

5. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” -Norman Vincent Peale, Author of The Power of Positive Thinking

6. “The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” –Stephen Covey, Author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

7. “Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice.” -James C. Collins, Author of Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don't

8. “The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next. The difference between the two is living fully and just existing.” –Michael Gerber, Author of The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It

9. “It is not the feelings that influence the actions. It is the actions that influence the feelings.” –David Sandler

10. “Everyone will think it's stupid!”
“Everyone says it's impossible.”
Guess what? Everyone works in the balloon factory and everyone is wrong.”
―Seth Godin, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

11. “Create your future from your future not your past.” –Werner Erhard

12. “Turns out the ability to ask insightful, thought-provoking questions was the single biggest differentiator between top performers and average reps.” –Jill Konrath

13. “Change might not be fast and it isn't always easy. But with time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped.” –Charles Duhigg, Author of The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

14. “It's a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient.” –Daniel Kahneman, Author of Thinking, Fast and Slow

15. “If you are going to do something truly innovative, you have to be someone who does not value social approval. You can't need social approval to go forward. Otherwise, how would you ever do the thing that you are doing?” –Malcolm Gladwell

What is your favorite motivational sales quote? We'd love to hear it! Please comment below or drop us a line here.

Want to keep the motivation flowing? Download our free eBook on Motivating Your Sales Team for some fresh ideas!