A good quotation is sometimes all we need to find our motivation to dig in to our work with fresh passion. Here are twenty of our favorites that always get us going again:

1. The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. – Vince Lombardi

2. 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

3. Make a customer, not a sale. – Katherine Barchetti

4. Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill

5. Tough times never last, but tough people do. – Robert Schuller

6. The questions you ask are more important than the things you could ever say. – Tom Freese

7. Success is the culmination of failures, mistakes, false starts, confusion, and the determination to keep going anyway. – Nick Gleason

8. For every sale you miss because you’re too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you’re not enthusiastic enough. – Zig Ziglar

9. Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you. – Zig Ziglar

10. Your competition is EVERYTHING else your prospect could conceivably spend their money on. – Don Cooper

11. There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. – Beverly Sills

12. It’s easier to explain price once than to apologize for quality forever. – Zig Ziglar

13. If you are not taking care of your customer, your competitor will. – Bob Hooey

14. Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them. – Ann Landers

15. Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. Most of all, other people can’t stop you. Only you can stop you. – Jeffrey Gitomer

16. If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. – Milton Berle

17. You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it. – Charles Robert Buxton

18. The most unprofitable item ever manufactured is an excuse. – John Mason

19. Every brand isn’t for everybody, and everybody isn’t for every brand. – Liz Lange

20. If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you. – Zig Ziglar

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