Brian Tracy Quotes

If you consistently and persistently do the things that other successful people do, nothing in the world can stop you from being a big success also.

There are no prizes for average performance.

The greatest poverty in America today is time poverty. People have money, but they don't have time.

If you conduct yourself as though you expect to be successful and happy, you will seldom be disappointed.

The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.

Flood your mind continually with pictures of the health, happiness, and prosperity that you desire.

Manage by exception.Only require reporting when there is a deviation from the plan.

A hundred years ago-even 20 or 30 years ago-it was possible, if not always easy, to close major business by calling on and satisfying a key decision-maker. Today, every piece of business entails multiple decisions, and those decisions are virtually never made by the same person. Not only do you have to contend with multiple decisions, but the people who make those decisions may not even work in the same place.

To be wealthy you must develop a burning desire for wealth and financial independence.

Think before you act and then act decisively. Fortune favors the brave.

Salespeople are the most vital people in any business. Without sales, the biggest and most sophisticated companies shut down. Sales are the spark plug in the engine of free enterprise. There is a direct relationship between the success of the sales community and the success of the entire country.

You can NEVER rise higher than your expectations of yourself. Expect the BEST!

Character is the ability to follow through on a resolution long after the emotion with which it was made has passed.

The more you do for others without expectation of return, the more you'll get back from the most unexpected sources.

The greatest joys of life are happy memories. Your job is to create as many of them as possible.

Decide exactly what you want and resolve to persist, no matter what, until you achieve it.

Discipline is what you must have to resist the lure of excuses

Success equals goals; all else is commentary

The more times and the more different things you try, the more likely it is that you will succeed.

The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.

The most powerful predictable people builders are praise and encouragement.

Don't be reluctant to give of yourself generously, it's the mark of caring and compassion and personal greatness.

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.

I work with people who come up with an idea and people throw money at it. They say, "Geeze, can I give you some money? Can I get a piece of that?" So, if your concept is good everything else becomes much easier. If your concept is unclear, then everything else is harder

Your self-confidence increases when you know you are living your life according to your highest values.

Truly wealthy people develop the habit of "getting rich slow" rather than "getting rich quick." To assure this, they have two rules with regard to money. Rule number one: Don't lose money. Rule number two: If ever you feel tempted, refer back to rule number one, "don't lose money."

Ask for what you want.Ask for help,ask for input,ask for advice and ideas- but be afraid to ask.

We cannot get what we've never had, unless we're willing to do what we've never done.

There are no accidents; success is the result of doing the right thing, in the right way, over and over.

When you make a to-do list, you should also make a to-not-do list. Warren Buffet was asked about the secret to success, and he said that it was saying no to almost everything. Some of those little tasks won't matter as long as you get the big tasks done.

Be absolutely clear about who you are and what you stand for. Refuse to compromise.

To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of meaning and purpose in life.

Every experience in your life is being orchestrated to teach you something you need to know to move forward.

Money is hard to earn and easy to lose. Guard yours with care.

Avoid negative people at all costs. They are the greatest destroyers of self-confidence and self-esteem.

You are the architect of your own destiny; you are the master of your own fate; you are behind the steering wheel of your life. There are no limitations to what you can do, have, or be. Except the limitations you place on yourself by your own thinking.

Exceptional performers are masterful opportunists, keenly alert to opportunity!

Action orientation is the mark of the superior executive.

Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.

The more you like yourself, the better you do at everything you put your mind to.

Your most vauluable asset can be your willingness to persist longer than anyone else.

When you start doing what you love to do, you will never work another day in your life.

Time management is really personal management, life management. and management of yourself.

All improvement in your life begins with an improvement in your mental pictures.

Successful people save in prosperous times so they have a financial cushion in times of recession.

Intense, burning desire is the motivational force that enables you to overcome any obstacle and achieve almost any goal

Obstacles come to instruct, not obstruct.

So many people spend so much time on things that aren't important. It's the difference between success and failure.