Sayings about Selling
Sleep after selling horses and elephants. ~ Hindu Proverb
To receive a favor is to sell one’s liberty. ~ Japanese Proverbs
He has sold the sun to buy a candle. ~ Hebrew Proverb
Don’t visit auctions if you have no money. ~ Hebrew Proverb
There is no better sale than when you give a true friend what he needs. ~ Chinese Proverbs
Sell what you have bought while the dust is still on your shoes. ~ Palestinian Proverbs
It is the fool whose own tomatoes are sold to him. ~ Ghanaian Proverbs
If you buy things you don’t need, you will soon be selling things you do need. ~ Philipino Proverbs
The thief who isn’t caught is an honest salesman. ~ Romanian Proverbs
Money can buy a lot that is not even for sale. ~ Chinese Proverb
Making money selling manure is better than losing money selling musk. ~ Egyptian Proverbs
Who accepts from another sells his freedom. ~ German Proverbs
The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell. ~ American Proverbs
Don’t sell the fish that is still swimming in the ocean. ~ Turkish Proverbs
A person without a smiling face must never open a shop. ~ Chinese Proverb
Good things sell themselves; those that are bad have to be advertised. ~ African Proverb
You can sell the devil if he is well cooked. ~ French Proverbs
The customers are known to the shopkeepers. ~ Kashmiri Proverb
A good client doesn’t change shop in three years, a good shop doesn’t change clients in three years. ~ Chinese Proverb
God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~ Dutch Proverbs
He who wants to sell his honor will always find a buyer. ~ Arabian Proverb
Even the candle seller dies in the dark. ~ Colombian Proverbs
Every seller praises his wares. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
Don’t try to sell pumpkins to a gardener. ~ Romanian Proverb
Call someone your lord and he’ll sell you in the slave market. ~ Arabian Proverb
Fuel is not sold in a forest, nor fish on a lake. ~ Chinese Proverb
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth. ~ English Proverbs
Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods. ~ English Proverb
You will sell more sheepskins at the market than wolf skins. ~ Bulgarian Proverbs
If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily. ~ Chinese Proverb
A man trying to sell a blind horse always praises its feet. ~ German Proverb
The Italian invents it; the Frenchman makes it; the Germans sell it; the Pole buys it and the Tartar plunders it. ~ Polish Proverbs
Prices are forgotten, quality remains. ~ French Proverbs
You sell more herrings on the market than sole. ~ French Proverb
If I had two loaves of bread, I would sell one and buy hyacinths, for they would feed my soul. ~ Arabian Proverb
If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again. ~ Arabian Proverb
Do not sell sun in July. ~ Italian Proverb
Those that marry for money sell their liberty. ~ Traditional Proverb
There is a great art in selling the wind. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Better to sell it with regret than to keep it. ~ Swiss Proverbs
Buyers are never as smart as the sellers. ~ Chinese Proverb
Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~ Traditional Proverb
Cheat me with the price, but not with the goods I buy. ~ Spanish Proverb
God gives, but he doesn’t sell. ~ Burundi Proverbs
If you find your friend on the sofa at home with your wife, you had better sell the sofa. ~ Yiddish Proverb
To open a shop is easy — the hard part is keeping it open. ~ Chinese Proverb
The gods sell all things at a fair price. ~ Traditional Proverb
Where the camel is sold for a cent, the ass is worthless. ~ Iranian Proverbs
A good cow gets sold in its own country. ~ Maltese Proverbs
God sells knowledge for labor — honor for risk. ~ Arabian Proverb
Truth came to market but could not be sold; however, we buy lies with ready cash. ~ Yoruba Proverb
He who sells the ox sets its price. ~ French Proverb
If everyone thought alike, no goods would ever be sold. ~ Libyan Proverb
Making money selling manure is better than losing money selling musk. ~ Egyptian Proverb
Witch doctors do not sell their potions to each other. ~ Mozambican Proverb
Quotations about Selling
To sell something, tell a woman it’s a bargain; tell a man it’s deductible. ~ Earl Wilson
In selling as in medicine, prescription before diagnosis is malpractice.~ Tony Alesandra
We are all salesmen every day of our lives. We are selling our ideas, our plans, our enthusiasms to those with whom we come in contact. ~ Charles M. Schwab
Sell the sizzle, not the steak. ~ Elmer Wheeler
Nothing will teach you more about perceived value than taking something with literally no value and selling it in the auction format. It teaches you the beauty and power of presentation, and how you can make magic out of nothing. ~ Sophia Amoruso
War may be an auction for countries. For soldiers it’s a lottery. ~ David Mitchell
The well-satisfied customer will bring the repeat sale that counts. ~ James Cash Penney
Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman — not the attitude of the prospect.~ W. Clement Stone
Great people have great values and great ethics. ~ Jeffrey Gitomer
The sale begins when the customer says yes.~ Harvey McKay
Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. ~ H. L. Mencken
Sales may lead to advertising as much as advertising leads to sales. ~ Michael Schudson
Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ‘Make me feel important.’ Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life. ~ Mary Kay Ash
No sale is really complete until the product is worn out, and the customer is satisfied.~ L.L. Bean
Make a customer, not a sale. ~ Katherine Barchetti
Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded. ~ Fulton John Sheen
If wisdom were on sale in the open market, the stupid would not even ask the price. ~ Author Unknown
If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent. ~ Henry A. Kissinger
I buy when other people are selling. ~ J. Paul Getty
Honesty believes in quick sales and fair profits; Policy in the sales and profits it can get. ~ George Sumner Weaver
Fear sells. Fear makes money. The countless companies and consultants in the business of protecting the fearful from whatever they may fear know it only too well. The more fear, the better the sales. ~ Daniel Gardner
Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust. ~ Zig Ziglar
All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer. ~ Thomas J. Peters
Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless. ~ Sinclair Lewis
Sell cheap and tell the truth.~ Rose Blumkin
Practice is just as valuable as a sale. The sale will make you a living; the skill will make you a fortune.~ Jim Rohn
Selling is something we do for our clients – not to our clients. ~ Zig Ziglar
A sale is not something you pursue, it’s what happens to you while you are immersed in serving your customer. ~ Author Unknown
Every one lives by selling something, whatever be his right to it. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it. ~ Oscar Wilde
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. ~ Confucius
When you stop talking, you’ve lost your customer. ~ Estee Lauder
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. ~ Frank Zappa