Brian Tracy Quotes
Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.
Quotes to Explore
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Turn your wounds into wisdom.
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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.
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I've never had to explain 'Prometheus' to people, ever. Most people get it.
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The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
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I need to be able to explain myself in context.
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I am lucky, I don't have aches and pains. I do Pilates regularly, which is a series of stretching exercises, and I recommend it to anyone of my age because the temptation is not to exercise when you get older. Well, you should.
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All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.
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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
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The male muse is an unaccountably rare thing in art. Where does that leave female artists looking for inspiration?
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Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
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There's a lot of craft that goes into achieving a hit song - at the beginning of your career, you're usually more inspiration than craft, and you get great when those intersect. A skilled songwriter can get you to that intersection.
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The All-Wise Maker attaches hundreds of instances of wisdom to each of the beings in the palace of the universe and equips them to perform hundreds of duties. To all trees He bestows instances of wisdom to the number of its fruits and gives duties to the number of its flowers.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.
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I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language.
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You can draw inspiration from anything. If you're a good storyteller, you can take a dirty look somebody gives you, or if a guy you used to have flirtations with starts dating a new girl, or somebody you're casually talking to says something that makes you so mad - you can create an entire scenario around that.
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To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
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Most humans feel the transcendent temptation, the emotional drive to festoon the universe with large-scale meaning.
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URGENT SUBTLE CONCISE ROBUST
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Let's say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don't think we have a new Nigeria yet.
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I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun.
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Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.
