Brian Tracy Quotes

Flexibility in a time of great change is a vital quality of leadership.

Decide how much you want to be earning one year, five years and ten years from today. What will you have to do to achieve these amounts.

Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always find it.

Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.

I believe through learning and application of what you learn, you can solve any problem, overcome any obstacle and achieve any goal that you can set for yourself.

It's quantity of time at home and quality of time at work that counts; don't mix them up!

Praise is a powerful people-builder. Catch individuals doing something right.

If you do not have goals of your own you are doomed forever to work to achieve the goals of someone else.

Throughout the developed world,we have moved from "man power"to "mind power."We have moved from the use of physical muscle to the use of mental muscle.

What would you dare to dream if you knew you wouldn't fail?

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.

To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of direction. You need a commitment to something bigger and more important than yourself. You need to feel that your life stands for something, that you are somehow making a valuable contribution to your world.

Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.

Self-doubt does more to sabotage individual potential than all external limitations put together.

The tendency to follow the path of least resistance guarantees failure in life.

Be thankful for all your blessings. An appreciative person makes a pleasant and optimistic person.

Your outer world of attitudes, wealth, work, relationships and health will always be a reflection of your inner attitudes of mind.

Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.

If you expect to be successful, you will eventually be successful. If you expect to be happy and popular, you will be happy and popular. If you expect to be healthy and prosperous, that is what will happen... Always think and talk positively about the future. Start every morning by saying: 'I believe something wonderful is going to happen to me today.' Then, throughout the day, expect the best.

Your own level of self-acceptance is determined largely by how well you feel you are accepted by the important people in your life.

Your income is a direct reward for the quality and quantity of the services you render to your world. Whatever field you are in, if you want to double your income, you simply have to double the quality and quantity of what you do for that income. Or you have to change activities and occupations so that what you are doing is worth twice as much.

You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used through-out history to take people from rags to riches, from poverty and obscurity to success and fame, from unhappiness and frustration to joy and self-fulfillment, and it can do the same for you.

Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.

What one skill, if you developed it, could have the greatest positive impact on your career? This is the key to your future.

The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.

Make your life a masterpiece; imagine no limitations on what you can be, have or do

Practice is the price of mastery. Whatever you practice over and over again becomes a new habit of thought and performance.

Imagine no limitations; decide what's right and desirable before you decide what's possible.

We have a mental block inside us that stops us from earning more than we think we are worth. If we want to earn more in reality, we have to upgrade our self-concept.

Manage by objectives. Tell people exactly what you want them to do and then get out of their way.

The amount you laugh in your relationships with others is the true measure of the health of your personality.

Quickly say, "That's good!" to every setback and adversity, and then find out what is good about it.

Dream BIG dreams! Only big dreams have the power to move your mind and spirit.

Become the very best in your business!

In every company which I have done strategic planning, the number-one value people choose is always integrity. The second values may be quality of products and services, caring about people, excellent customer service, profitability , innovation, entrepreneurship, and others. But integrity always comes first.

You will regret many things in life but you will never regret being too kind or too fair.

Make a decision to be successful right now. Most people never decide to be wealthy and that is why they retire poor.

When you develop yourself to the point where your belief in yourself is so strong that you know that you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, your future will be unlimited.

Do something to move yourself toward your major goal every day.

Act with purpose, courage, confidence, competence and intelligence until these qualities 'lock in' to your subconscious mind.

Attentive listening to others lets them know that you love them and builds trust, the foundation of a loving relationship.

Your mental diet largely determines your character and your personality and almost everything that happens to you in life. When you feed your mind with positive affirmations, information, books, conversations, audio programs, and thoughts, you develop a more positive attitude and personality. You become more influential and persuasive. You enjoy greater confidence and self-esteem.

Benchmark your performance against your best competitors. Think how you can beat them next time.

Self-confidence comes naturally when your inner life and your outer life are in harmony.

A major stimulant to creative thinking is focused questions.

The checklist is one of the most high powered productivity tool ever discovered.

The more you work, study and develop your ability to contribute more to the lives and well-being of others, the better life you will have in all areas.

Every great success is an accumulation of thousands of ordinary efforts that no one else sees or appreciates.