Brian Tracy Quotes
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Knowledge and know-how are the real sources of value and riches. You can learn anything you need to learn to achieve any goal you can set for yourself.
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Practice the philosophy of continuous improvement. Get a little bit better every single day.
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People don't trust conglomerates; they trust individuals. Network marketing brings trust and the quality of the relationship to the center of the business. And it enables you to expand indefinitely, simply by expanding the number of relationships.
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If you want to develop courage, then simply act courageously when it's called for. If you do something over and over again, you develop a habit. Some people develop the habit of courage. Some people develop the habit of non-courage.
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A goal that is not in writing is like cigarette smoke: It drifts away and disappears. It is vague and insubstantial. It has no force, effect, or power. But a written goal becomes something that you can see, touch, read, and modify if necessary.
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Order is heaven's first law. Order is earth's first law, too.
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Self-esteem is the reputation you have with yourself.
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If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.
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Your earning ability is largely determined by the perception of excellence, quality, and value that others have of you and what you do. The market only pays excellent rewards for excellent performance. It pays average rewards for average performance, and it pays below average rewards or unemployment for below average performance.
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To overcome fear, act as if it were impossible to fail, and it shall be.
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Your mind is like a garden - unless you cultivate flowers, weeds will flourish. To keep your mind positive, substitute positive thoughts for negative thoughts.
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No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.
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Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now?
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Define your goals in terms of the activities necessary to achieve them, and concentrate on those activities.
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Most great fortunes are built slowly. They are based on the principle of compound interest, what Albert Einstein called, "The greatest power in the universe."
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Read an hour every day in your chosen field. This works out to about one book per week, fifty books per year, and will guarantee your success.
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Build wisdom and confidence in others by forcing them to think and decide for themselves.
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Your own level of self-acceptance is determined largely by how well you feel you are accepted by the important people in your life.
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Issue a blanket pardon. Forgive everyone who has ever hurt you in any way. Forgiveness is a perfectly selfish act. It sets you free from the past.
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Personal development is your springboard to personal excellence. Ongoing, continuous, non-stop personal development literally assures you that there is no limit to what you can accomplish.
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Superior leaders are willing to admit a mistake and cut their losses. Be willing to admit that you've changed your mind. Don't persist when the original decision turns out to be a poor one.
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Effective performance is preceded by painstaking preparation
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There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.
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The biggest mistake you could ever make is to think you work for anyone but yourself