Today, I went through a few of my favorite blogs to read 100s of quotes from successful people, authors, trainers and businessmen. Here’s a collection of the 20 that I liked best… and hope they inspire a few people:

• Make a customer, not a sale. ~Katherina Barchetti
• Your life can only get better when you do. Do something every day to improve your key skill. ~Brian Tracy
• If you are not moving closer to what you want in sales (or in life), you probably aren’t doing enough asking. ~Jack Canfield
• Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. ~Jim Rohn
• Begin by always expecting good things to happen. ~Tom Hopkins
• Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. ~Tony Robbins
• Sales success comes after you stretch yourself past your limitations on a daily basis. ~Omar Periu
• Sales depend on the attitude of the salesperson, not the attitude of the prospect. ~Clement Stone
• Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. ~Henry Ford
• Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to try just one more time. ~Thomas Edison
• There’s no lotion or potion that will make sales faster and easier for you. It’s hard work. ~Jeffery Gitomer
• For every sale you miss because you are too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you are not enthusiastic enough. ~Zig Ziglar
• Treat objections are request for further information. ~Brian Tracy
• Obstacles are necessary for success because victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. ~Og Mandino
• We are all somebody’s prospect; we are all somebody’s customer. ~Chris Murray
• Selling is serving, helping others find solutions, impacting lives positively with passion and integrity. ~Farshad Asl
• No trade will be made unless they want your product more than they want their money. ~Roy Williams
• It’s about listening first, then selling. ~Erik Qualman
• Selling is something we do ‘for’ our clients – not ‘to’ our client. ~Zig Ziglar
• Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something 🙂 ~William Goldman

Please share your favorite quotes about selling in comments below.