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57 Sales Leadership Quotes
One Quote per Week and One for Each
Quarterly Kickoff Meeting Plus One Extra
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Don’t Bunt. Aim out of the Ballpark.
David Oglivy
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If you don’t see yourself as a winner,
Then you cannot perform as a winner.
Zig Ziglar
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I can’t change the direction of the wind,
but I can adjust my sails to always reach
my destination.Jimmy Dean
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Discipline is the refining fire by which
talent becomes ability.Roy Smith
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Nothing is impossible, the word itself says
“I’m possible”!
Audrey Hepburn
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Best way to sell something: Don’t sell
anything. Earn the awareness, respect
and trust of those who might buy.
Jeffery Gitomer
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The difference between try and triumph is
just a little umph!Marvin Phillips
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Business opportunities are like buses,
there’s always another one coming.
Richard Branson
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Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t
stop you. Most of all, other people can’t
stop you. Only you can stop you.
Jeffery Gitomer
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Nobody is going to buy from you because
you have quota to meet. They are going
to buy from you because they see the
value in doing so.Bob Burg
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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.
The most certain way to succeed is
always to try just one more time.
Thomas Edison
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When you want to succeed as much as
you want to breathe, that’s when you will
be successful.Eric Thomas
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You don’t have to be great to start, but
you have to start to be great.Zig Ziglar
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Being defeated is often a temporary
condition. Giving up is what make it
permanent.Marilyn Vos Savant
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Keep asking until you find the answers. In
sales, there are usually four or five “no’s”
to before you get a “yes”.
Jack Canfield
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The best sales questions have your
expertise wrapped into them.Jill Konrath
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People rarely buy what they need. They
buy what they want.Seth Godin
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Opportunity is missed by most people
because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work.Thomas Edison
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Either run the day or the day runs you.
Jim Rohn
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Whether you think you can or think you
can’t, you’re right!
Henry Ford
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Prospects equal options. Master
prospecting and you will be the master of
your sales destiny.Tibor Shanto
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How you think when you lose determines
how long it will be until you win.
Gilbert K Chesterton
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Nobody likes to be sold, but everybody
likes to buy.Earl Taylor
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Even if you are on the right track, you’ll
get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers
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You were born to win, but to be a winner,
you must plan to win, prepare to win, and
expect to win.Zig Ziglar
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Please think about your legacy, because
you’re writing it every day.
Gary Vaynerchuck
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Sales success comes after you stretch
past your limits on a daily basis.
Omar Periu
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The golden rule for every business is this:
Put yourself in your customer’s position.
Orison Swett Marden
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The minute you’re satisfied with where
you are, you aren’t there anymore.
Tony Gwynn
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Most people think “selling” is the same as
“talking” but the most effective sales
people know that listening is the most
important part of their job.
Roy Bartell
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Discipline yourself, and others won’t need
to.John Wooden
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I can accept failure, everyone fails at
something. But I can’t accept not trying.
Michael Jordan
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Instead of trying to sound interesting to
others, be interested in them.
Brian Carroll
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By far the best way to influence people is
to start by really listening to them.
Charles Green
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Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people
will come for miles to watch you burn.
Charles Wesley
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We must all suffer one of two things: the
pain of discipline or the pain of regret or
disappointment.John Rohn
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No one can ever master sales. It’s a
philosophy. There is always more to learn.
Lee Salz
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Kites rise highest against the wind, not
with it.Winston Churchhill
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The question isn’t who’s going to let me;
it’s who is going to stop me.
Ayn Rand
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I cannot give you the formula for success
but I can give you the formula for failure,
which is: try to please everybody.
Herbert Swope
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You have to have confidence in your
ability, and then be tough enough to
follow through.Rosalynn Carter
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Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight!
Bob Marley
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Life shrinks and expands in proportion to
one’s courage.Anais Nin
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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone
else is afraid of winning.
Billie Jean King
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We must believe that we are gifted for
something, and that this thing, at
whatever cost, must be attained.
Marie Curie
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I am a man of fixed and unbending
principles, the first of which is to be
flexible at all times.Everett Dirkson
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When you lose a couple of times, it
makes you realize how difficult it is to win.
Steffi Graf
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If there’s a 90% chance of failure, there’s
a 10% change of changing the world.
Vinod Khosla
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We find comfort among those who agree
with us – growth among those who don’t.
Frank Howard Clark
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They always say time changes things, but
you actually have to change them
yourself.Andy Warhol
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When I hit the wall I go learn something
new. That picks me up and gets me going
again.Ken Krogue
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If something is important enough, even if
the odds are against you, you should still
do it.
Elon Musk
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A lot of people are afraid to say what they
want. That’s why they don’t get what they
want.Madonna
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You miss 100 percent of the shots you
don’t take.
Wayne Gretzky
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Stop wearing your wishbone wear your
backbone ought to be.Elizabeth Gilbert
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk
anything, you risk more.Erica Jong
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To be successful, you must accept all
challenges that come your way. You can’t
just accept the ones you like.
Mike Gafka