151 Motivational Thoughts
1. “Today is always the most productive day of your week.” –Mark
Hunter
2. “Confidence applied properly surpasses genius. There's nothing
like confidence.” –Mike Tyson
3. "You either suffer the pain of discipline or the pain of regret."
–Jim Rohn
4. "There is no such thing as failure. There are only results."
–Tony Robbins
5. "Hard training, easy fight!"
6. "The secret to getting ahead is getting started."
7. "When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who
you are." –Oprah Winfrey
8. "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I
fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." –Bruce Lee
9. "If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way."
–Napoleon Hill
10. “Taking initiative pays off. It is hard to visualize someone as
a leader if she is always waiting to be told what to do.” –Sheryl
Sandberg
11. "People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither
does bathing—that's why we recommend it daily." –Zig Ziglar
12. "The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but
don't tell you what to see." –Alexandra K. Trenfor
13. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” –Sam
Levenson
14. "Motivation will almost always beat mere talent." –Norman Ralph
Augustine
15. "Chasing perfection is like chasing the wind, it's highly
futile."
16. "You don't rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your
training."
17. "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is
not weakness. That is life." –Jean Luc Picard
18. “Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman, not the
attitude of the prospect.” –William Clement Stone
20. "Knowledge isn't power, applied knowledge is ..." –Paul Chek
21. "Repetition is the key to mastery."
22. "Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to
teach." –Albert Einstein
23. “Selling is really about having conversations with people and
helping improve their company or their life.” –Lori Richardson
24. “Be personal. Be relevant. Be specific.” –Seth Godin
25. “Every email is an opportunity to test a different benefit or
angle.” –Heather R Morgan
26. “You don’t need a big close, as many sales reps believe. You
risk losing your customers when you save all the good stuff for the end.
Keep the customer actively involved throughout the presentation, and
watch your results improve.” –Harvey MacKay
27. “Before LinkedIn and other social networks, in the sales world,
ABC stood for Always Be Closing. Now it means Always Be Connecting.”
–Jill Rowley
28. "Don't sell the stage, sell the act!"
29. "You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other
people get what they want." –Zig Ziglar
30. "Emails that never get sent close no deals."
31. “You earn the right to tell your story, when you start with
theirs.” –Matt Heinz
32. "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well
enough." –Albert Einstein
33. "Most salespeople throw darts in the dark, hoping something will
hit."
34. "Clarity is power."
35. “Buyers don’t believe anything you have to say to them about
your product or service until they first believe in you.” –Deb Calvert
36. "Your job in sales is to create moments of truth!"
37. "You need to be willing to lose if you're truly committed to
win."
38. “You don’t close a sale; you open a relationship if you want to
build a long-term, successful enterprise.” –Patricia Fripp
39. "You can't turn a no to a yes without a maybe in between."
–Francis Underwood
40. “Customers don’t care at all whether you close the deal or not.
They care about improving their business.” –Aaron Ross
41. "You can't sell others if you aren't sold yourself first."
42. "Nothing happens until a sale is made."
43. “Never confuse activity with accomplishment.” –Lori Richardson
44. “It’s no longer about interrupting, pitching, and closing. It is
about listening, diagnosing, and prescribing.” –Mark Roberge
45. "Coffee is for closers."
46. "People are starving for decisiveness. If you give it to them,
you will rule the world."
47. “I have never worked a day in my life without selling. If I
believe in something, I sell it, and I sell it hard.” –Estée Lauder
48. "Losers have goals. Winners have systems." –Scott Adams (Creator
of Dilbert)
49. "Expect the yes. Embrace the no. That's how you master the
close!"
50. "Do what others don't and you'll get what others won't."
51. "Trust trumps transactions."
52. "In business as in life, you don't get what you deserve, you get
what you negotiate." –Dr. Chet Karrass
53. "Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by
those who hustle." –Abraham Lincoln
54. "Never ever, ever stop following up."
55. "I found that if I just do the best that I can, in every moment
I have, the future looks after itself." –John Kavanagh
56. "Ask for the close early, and ask often."
57. "Never take a bet if you don't know how to win it."
58. "Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will."
59. "Failure is an event, not a person." –Zig Ziglar
60. "Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines,
practiced every day." –Jim Rohn
61. "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you
something else is the greatest accomplishment." –Ralph Waldo Emerson
62. "Winners Anticipate; Losers React." –Tony Robbins
63. "You must expect great things of yourself before you can do
them." –Michael Jordan
64. “Become the person who would attract the results you seek.” –Jim
Cathcart
65. "The quality of your life is determined by the quality of the
questions you ask yourself."
66. "Don’t wish for things to be easier, wish for you to be better."
67. "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without
losing your enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill
68. "Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed
is strong enough." – Og Mandino
69. "When people give me all these great compliments, I thank them,
but still go back to my room and practice." –B.B. King
70. "You just can't beat the person who never gives up." –Babe Ruth
71. "Success is never owned; it is only rented—and the rent is due
every day."
72. "Good things come to those who hustle hard."
73. "Success breeds success!"
74. "The most valuable lessons in your life will most likely come
from the most obvious places (in hindsight)."
75. "It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's
the pebble in your shoe." –Muhammad Ali.
76. “Always do your best. What you plant now, will harvest later.”
–Og Mandino
77. "Kill your goals. Create habits instead."
78. "Fear is your road sign to growth and success."
79. "We're not just human doings, we're human beings."
80. "The difference between fear and excitement is the way you THINK
about it."
81. "I'm gonna turn my mentors into my peers."
82. "Choose your hard."
83. "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way
to succeed is always to try just one more time." –Thomas Edison
84. "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
–Albert Einstein
85. "Everything we want is on the other side of fear." –George
Addair
86. "Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is." –Vince
Lombardi
87. "Winning starts with beginning." –Robert H. Schuller
88. "Success happens at the exact moment you don't feel like it."
89. "Quality performance starts with a positive attitude." –Jeffrey
Gitomer
90. "Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done,
it's always your choice." –Wayne Dyer
91. "Every blessing ignored becomes a curse." –Paulo Coelho
92. "Work harder on yourself than you do on your job." –Jim Rohn
93. "Ask yourself—what gives me energy?"
94. "Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in
one's own sunshine." –Ralph Waldo Emerson
95. "Don’t try to be a man of success, try to be a man of value."
–Albert Einstein
96. "The most important promises you make are the promises you make
to yourself."
97. "Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action." –Walter
Anderson
98. "Done is better than perfect."
99. "Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at
the beginning of something else." –Fred Rogers
100. "Your past doesn't equal your future."
101. "Worry is a misuse of the imagination." –Dan Zadra
102. "Today is a blank slate loaded with nothing but potential."
103. "Formal education will make you a living; self-education will
make you a fortune." –Jim Rohn
104. "Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else
around you, and your only competition will be with yourself." –Rick
Pitino
105. "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's
life." –Steve Jobs
106. "I'm not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my
decisions." – Stephen Covey
107. "Focus on progress, not perfection."
108. "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new
dream." –C. S. Lewis
109. "We first make our habits, and then our habits make us." –John
Dryden
110. “Your self-worth determines your net worth."
111. "What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." –Ralph
Marston
112. "You can learn more in 5 minutes of self-study than in 5 years
of studying the world."
113. "Discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tonnes." –Jim
Rohn
114. "Either you run the day or the day runs you." –Jim Rohn
115. "If you see it inside of your head, eventually you will see it
in front of your eyes."
116. "Adversity introduces a man to himself." –Albert Einstein
117. "You don't even really enjoy rest unless you truly deserve it."
–Joe Rogan
118. "You are now, and you do become, what you think about." –Earl
Nightingale
119. "When you feel like quitting: think about why you started."
120. "The more you learn, the more you earn." –Warren Buffett
121. “Start working with your prospects as if they’ve already hired
you.” –Jill Konrath
122. “Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish
the rest.” –Mark Twain
123. "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an
understanding of ourselves." –Carl Jung
124. “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people
will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them
feel.” –Maya Angelou
124. “The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to
see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give
for a dollar, is bound to succeed.” –Henry Ford
125. "Look for what connects you with other human beings rather than
for what separates you from them."
126. “All things being equal, people will do business with, and
refer business to, those people they know, like, and trust.” –Bob Burg
127. "Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever the fuck you were
gonna do anyway." –Robert Downey Jr
128. "It's harder to be kind than clever."
129. "Appreciation is the currency you pay the universe with."
130. "Yes and No are equally good answers. It’s the Maybe that
crushes startups."
132. “Sometimes the most influential thing we can do is listen.” –
Bob Burg
133. “Sales is an outcome, not a goal. It’s a function of doing
numerous things right, starting from the moment you target a potential
prospect until you finalize the deal.” –Jill Konrath
134. "Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you
motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot." –Jim Rohn
135. "You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can
change your direction overnight." –Jim Rohn
136. “The scalable, profitable strategy is to change the game, not
to become the most average.” –Seth Godin
137. "I don't have dreams, I have goals." –Harvey Specter
138. "Business is simple; people make it complicated."
139. “We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are
aware, we cannot help but change.” –Sheryl Sandberg
140. "If you don't take care of your customers, your competitors
will!"
141. "If you keep on doing what you've always done, you'll keep on
getting what you've always got." — W. L. Bateman
142. "You need to focus on moving forward rather than endlessly
preparing to begin."
143. "It is more important to know where you are going than to get
there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement." –Isocrates
144. "Precision beats power, and timing beats speed." –Conor
McGregor
145. "The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says
it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it." –Elbert
Hubbard
146. "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." –Wayne Gretzky
147. “Expect to make some mistakes when you try new and different
approaches.” –Harvey Mackay
148. "Making the call is making progress." –Rework
149. "It doesn't matter where you start. Only that you begin."
–Robin Sharma
150. "Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and
underestimate what they can do in ten years." –Bill Gates
151. "Don't just work IN your business, work ON your business."