40 Motivational & Inspirational Sales Quotes with Backgrounds

In a sales slump? Need some sales motivation?

Lucky for you we’ve compiled 40 inspirational sales quotes, and created some beautiful desktop and mobile wallpapers to help you stay on track and crush your quota! One of the hardest parts about accomplishing your sales goals is consistency. In sales, there can be very high highs and low lows.  However, it's important to maintain a level head and never lose sight of the motivation that got you to where you are in the first place. Sustaining a positive attitude during turbulent sales quarters can be the difference between a good career, and a great career.

Random sticky notes just don’t cut it these days, and besides, they’re a waste of paper! Being obsessed with achievement is the fastest route to success. As the digital age moves along and companies keep spending millions to fight for our shortened attention span, we need to find new ways to resist distraction. Our desktop and phone wallpapers are a great place to put a motivating message that’ll drive you to your sales goals! If motivational quotes for sales aren’t your thing, share them with your team instead!

Just when you ask yourself “why am I doing this”, your desktop/phone wallpaper quote will remind you exactly why!

Here are 40 beautiful motivational sales quotes for salespeople!

Desktop Wallpapers

Your Attitude Not Aptitude Determines Altitude

“Your attitude not your aptitude will determine your altitude.” - Zig Zaglar


You Control Your Destiny
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right" - Henry Ford

Getting Ahead
"The secret to getting ahead is getting started" - Mark Twain

Secret to Success
"The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well." - John D. Rockefeller Jr.

Leadership Is About Adaptation
“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.”- John Maxwell
Asking Questions and Listening
The questions you ask are more important than the things you could ever say - Thomas Freese
Take Life As It Comes
“Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it” - Charles Swindoll

Giving it 100%
"If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?" - Joe Namath
No Days Off
"I never took one day off in my 20's" - Bill Gates

Taking Steps Towards Success

“Great things are done by a series of small things done together” - Vincent van Gogh
Priorities
“Do what you must, so you can do what you want”- Matt Solorio

Find Their Solution
“It’s no longer about interrupting, pitching and closing. It is about listening, diagnosing and prescribing.” – Mark Roberge
Courage Controls Achievement
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage” - Anais Nin

Failure is the Key to Success
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor” - Truman Capote

Mobile Wallpapers

Building Reputation
“You can't build a reputation on what you’re going to do” - Henry Ford

Productivity
“Today is always the most productive day of your week” - Mark Hunter
Success Means Being Busy
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to look for it” - Henry David Thoreau
Warren Buffet's Best Advice
“It’s not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results” - Warren Buffet

Hard Work Makes You Lucky
“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have” - Thomas Jefferson


Nothing Will Work Unless You Do
"Nothing will work unless you do" - Maya Angelou
Seize The Opportunity
“It’s not about having the right opportunities. It’s about handling the opportunities right” - Mark Hunter
Go For The Greatness
"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." - John D. Rockefeller
Don't Let Fear Dictate Life
“Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.” - Robert Kiyosak

No Excuses
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way, if you don’t you’ll find an excuse” - Jim Rohn
Motivation and Habit
"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going" - Jim Ryun
Never Be Satified
“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there” - Will Rogers

Additional Sales Quotes:

  • “Make A Customer, Not A Sale.” – Katherine Barchetti
  • “If you are not moving closer to what you want in sales (Or In Life), You Probably Aren’t Doing Enough Asking.” – Jack Canfield
  •  “To build a long-term, successful enterprise, when you don’t close a sale, open a relationship.” – Patricia Fripp 
  •  “You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.” – Charles Robert Buxton 
  •  “It is not your customer’s job to remember you. It is your obligation and responsibility to make sure they don’t have the chance to forget you.” ― Patricia Fripp
  • “Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.” – Richard Branson 
  •  “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
  •  “Success is the culmination of failures, mistakes, false starts, confusion, and the determination to keep going anyway.” – Nick Gleason 
  • “Take risks.  If you win, you’ll be happy; if you lose, you’ll be wise.” – Anonymous 
  •  “A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.” – Wilson Mizner 
  •  “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills 
  •  “Never confuse activity with accomplishment” – Lori Richardson 
  •  “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 
  • "Buyers don’t believe anything you have to say to them about your product or service until they first believe in you.” – Deb Calvert

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