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We have written about the importance of persistence in selling before (see The Not So Fine Line Between Persistence and Stalking in Sales<\/a><\/em>). Knowing that it plays such an important role in helping to win accounts, here are some quotes to inspire one of the core most important traits of selling \u2013\u00a0persistence.<\/em><\/p>\n Incredible salespeople relate and provide detail, focusing on benefits rather than features.<\/p>\n Inspired to push your sales limits? Discover how<\/a> our expertise can keep your momentum going strong!<\/p>\n \u201cEnergy and persistence conquer all things.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Benjamin Franklin<\/p>\n \u201cDo you want to know who you are? Don\u2019t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Thomas Jefferson<\/p>\n \u201cKnowledge will give you power, but character respect.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Bruce Lee<\/p>\n \u201cI play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Paul Hogan<\/p>\n \u201cThe real excitement is playing the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Donald Trump<\/p>\n \u201cYesterday\u2019s home runs don\u2019t win today\u2019s games.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Babe Ruth<\/p>\n Why can a former shoe salesperson become the top seller on a software team? Sales is in the blood and an inescapable skill.<\/p>\n \u201cAmbition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Bill Bradley<\/p>\n \u201cWhen it\u2019s time to go home\u2026make one more phone call.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Frank Pacetta<\/p>\n \u201cBecause power corrupts, society\u2019s demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 John Adams<\/p>\n \u201cI know where I\u2019m going and I know the truth, and I don\u2019t have to be what you want me to be.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Muhammad Ali<\/p>\n \u201cWhere you start is not as important as where you finish\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Zig Ziglar<\/p>\n \u201cThe most unprofitable item ever manufactured is an excuse.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 John Mason<\/p>\n Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Albert Einstein<\/p>\n The best listen to consumer concerns versus discussing the product or service. Making a sale requires listening and emotional intelligence.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Margaret Thatcher<\/p>\n \u201cAs we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 John F. Kennedy<\/p>\n \u201cKind words can be short and easy to speak, but such echoes are truly endless.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Mother Theresa<\/p>\n \u201cExcellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Rick Pitino<\/p>\n \u201cThe sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Dale Carnegie<\/p>\n Good salespeople know which dialogues to entertain and which to leave alone, keeping focus on consumer needs and then fulfilling them.<\/p>\n \u201cMake a customer, not a sale.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Katherine Barchetti<\/p>\n \u201cThe customer\u2019s perception is your reality.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Kate Zabriskie<\/p>\n \u201cThe best customer service is if the customer doesn\u2019t need to call you, doesn\u2019t need to talk to you. It just works.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Jeff Bezos<\/p>\n \u201cWhatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Brian Tracy<\/p>\n \u201cCheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Oprah Winfrey<\/p>\n \u201cShow class; have pride; and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Paul Bryant<\/p>\n A good salesperson sees the forest through the trees and success despite immediate odds. Great salespeople run marathons rather face short challenges.<\/p>\n \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Henry Ford<\/p>\n \u201cThere are no shortcuts to any place worth going.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Beverly Sills<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I\u2019ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I\u2019ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I\u2019ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Michael Jordan<\/p>\n \u201cDo not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 John Wooden<\/p>\n \u201cThe best sales questions have your expertise wrapped into them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Jill Konrath<\/p>\n Success means working smarter, not harder, and building successful, profitable connections. Each day brings new opportunity to strengthen existing connections and open new doors.<\/p>\n \u201cDevelop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Dale Carnegie<\/p>\n \u201cHire character. Train skill.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Peter Schutz<\/p>\n \u201cFormula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 J. Paul Getty<\/p>\n \u201cIt is not your customer\u2019s job to remember you. It is your obligation and responsibility to make sure they don\u2019t have the chance to forget you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Patricia Fripp<\/p>\n \u201cA sale is not something you pursue;\u00a0it\u2019s what happens to you while you are immersed in serving your customer.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Unknown<\/p>\n \u201cTo satisfy our customers\u2019 needs, we\u2019ll give them what they want,\u00a0not what we want to give them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n -Steve James<\/p>\n A good salesperson is a magician, a step ahead of the audience, knowing what amazes. Great products and services sell; but, great salespeople provide experience.<\/p>\n \u201cThe better I get, the more I realize how much better I can get.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Martina Navratilova<\/p>\n \u201cSuccess seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they never quit.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Conrad Hilton<\/p>\n \u201cFootball is like life \u2013 it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Vince Lombardi<\/p>\n \u201cSuccess is 99% failure.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Soichiro Honda<\/p>\n \u201cA dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Harvey MacKay<\/p>\n \u201cYou are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event \u2013 it is a habit.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2013 Aristotle<\/p>\n *Banner photo used and modified under Creative Commons. Original photo<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Other Photo Credits:<\/em><\/p>\n Babe Ruth<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Einstein<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Benjamin Franklin<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Oprah<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Martina Navratilova<\/a>\u00a0(Damon Dahlen, AOL)<\/em><\/p>\n\n
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