Brian Tracy Quotes
Build wisdom and confidence in others by forcing them to think and decide for themselves.
Quotes to Explore
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At 21 years old, I could produce 400 people like that.
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I remember thinking that people were crazy for reading the same book more than once, but I now have a new-found appreciation for the re-discovery of literature. The lessons we learned from books in the school curriculum are reinvented and updated when we read as adults.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
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All rationalism tends to minimalise the value and the importance of life and to decrease the sum total of human happiness.
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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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It's always interesting about God because it's like all of the religions in the world say that they pray to the same God, and yet they ask that same one God to divide itself up and agree with this one and fight against that one.
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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
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And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency.
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I've been focused on detecting nuclear terrorism at ports, in cargo containers, and I developed and built detectors that are extremely cheap and also very sensitive. My other big development is a system to produce medical isotopes that are injected into patients and used to diagnose and treat cancer.
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By doing, you become employable. It doesn't matter what the job is; by working, you learn new things, meet new people and are exposed to new ideas.
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The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted.
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I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
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You can legislate many conditions-but you cannot legislate harmony into the hearts of men. To attain industrial peace, we need more than by-laws and compulsory rules.
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You do only live once, and I feel like if I'm able to make a difference on this planet and leave it just a little better than I found it, then I've done my job.
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I think what's really happening is that a dialogue opens up between the ego and these larger, more integrated parts of the psyche that are normally hidden from view.
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I'm emotionally and physically ready for anything.
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I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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Build wisdom and confidence in others by forcing them to think and decide for themselves.
