Some days you got it. Some days you don’t. For the days you don’t – and you need it – here’s inspiration.
Quotes that hit home with sales professionals because they remind us what we really want – attitude, credibility, authority, recognition and success – and how to get it.
Read on. Rock on.
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Why should you continue going after your dreams? Because seeing the look on the faces of the people who said you couldn’t will be priceless
~ Kevin Ngo
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If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work
~ Thomas J. Watson
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Champions keep playing until they get it right
~ Billie Jean King
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Success is assured when a person fears the pain of regret more than the pain of the process
~ Orrin Woodward
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Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit
~ Conrad Hilton
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The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them
~ Michelle Obama
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Opportunities don’t happen, you create them
~ Chris Grosser
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Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine
~ Jack Ma
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The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best
~ Colin Powell
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential? These are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence
~ Eddie Robinson
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We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in
~ Arianna Huffington
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Inspiration meets you halfway. Action takes you to the top
~ Ed Sykes
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You can find inspiration in everything. If you can’t, then you’re not looking properly
~ Paul Smith
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It’s the rough side of the mountain that’s the easiest to climb; the smooth side doesn’t have anything for you to hang on to
~ Aretha Franklin
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The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it
~ Criss Jami
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There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure
~ Paulo Coelho
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Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly
~ Robert F. Kennedy
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There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed
~ Ray Goforth
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You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute
~ Tina Fey
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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do
~ John Wooden
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A peacock that rests on his feathers is just another turkey
~ Dolly Parton
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Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better
~ Jim Rohn
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There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, with belief, with confidence and trust in yourself and those around you, there are no limits
~ Michael Phelps
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It’s human nature to stretch, to go, to see, to understand. Exploration is not a choice, really; it’s an imperative
~ Michael Collins
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Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm
~ Winston Churchill
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The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time
~ Joe Girard
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I know how it looks. But just start. Nothing is insurmountable
~ Lin-Manuel Miranda
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The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me
~ Ayn Rand
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You can’t give up! If you give up, you’re like everybody else
~ Chris Evert
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There are no limits to what you can accomplish, except the limits you place on your own thinking
~ Brian Tracy
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You will be defined not just by what you achieve, but by how you survive
~ Sheryl Sandberg
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The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible
~ Arthur C. Clarke
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Life is like the stock market. Some days you’re up. Some days you’re down. And some days you feel like something the bull left behind
~ Paula Wall
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If you can’t go straight ahead, you go around the corner
~ Cher
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy.” They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life
~ John Lennon
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We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing
~ George Bernard Shaw
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The key to success is not through achievement, but through enthusiasm
~ Malcolm Forbes
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The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves
~ Barbara Corcoran
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Stop saying “later.” You won’t do it later. Do it or decide not to do it
~ Chris Brogan
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Tough times never last, but tough people do
~ Robert Schuller
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When you’re through changing, you’re through
~ Martha Stewart
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Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out
~ Robert Collier
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In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity
~ Albert Einstein
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A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence
~ Sonia Sotomayor
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As you travel down life’s highway…whatever be your goal, you cannot sell a doughnut without acknowledging the hole
~Harold J. Shayler
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Good ideas are common – what’s uncommon are people who will work hard enough to bring them about
~ Ashleigh Brilliant
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Falling down is how we grow. Staying down is how we die
~ Brian Vaszily
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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
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At the end of the day, you are the only one that is limiting your ability to dream, or to actually execute on your dreams. Don’t let yourself get in the way of that
~ Falon Fatemi
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We’re not here to take part, we’re here to take over
~ Conor McGregor
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The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for
~ Maureen Dowd
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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice
~ Wayne Dyer
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Go as far as you can see. When you get there, you’ll be able to see further
~ Thomas Carlyle
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You’re never a loser until you quit trying ~Mike Ditka
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When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it
~ Henry Ford
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Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement
~ Golda Meir
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You’ve got this
~ Anyone who’s ever cared about you and your success
