Brian Tracy is a Canadian-American motivational public speaker and self-development author. He is the author of over eighty books that have been translated into dozens of languages. His popular books are Earn What You’re Really Worth, Eat That Frog!, No Excuses. Here are some Brian Tracy quotes.
“Luck is predictable; the harder you work, the luckier you get.”
“All successful people, men and women, are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.”
“And I love to speak – I am very good at it. And if you love to do something, you’re very good at it, and also you are paid well, why would you not do it? Why would you stop?”
“Practice the philosophy of continuous improvement. Get a little bit better every single day.”
“Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.”
“Activity equals results. If you want to increase your success, increase your activity. Increase contact with customers. The more people you contact, the higher your sales will be because of the law of probabilities.”
“I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.”
“If you want to be in network marketing, you have to be extremely literate online.”
“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What’s in it for me?”
“Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.”
“Your success in your career will be in direct proportion to what you do after you’ve done what you are expected to do.”
“What have you always wanted to do but been afraid to attempt? Whatever it is, it may be your greatest opportunity in life.”
“Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.”
“To be successful, you need to really work hard. And every study in the last 50 years says that successful people say, “I am not smarter than anybody else. I just want to work harder and longer.””
“The biggest mistake you could ever make is to think you work for anyone but yourself”
“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.””
“The key to success is for you to make a habit throughout your life of doing the things you fear.”
“Act with purpose, courage, confidence, competence and intelligence until these qualities ‘lock in’ to your subconscious mind.”
“You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.”
“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.”
“I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace-those would be more realistic goals.”
“The more you do for others without expectation of return, the more you’ll get back from the most unexpected sources.”
“In a time of rapid change, standing still is the most dangerous course of action.”
“Confidence on the outside begins by living with integrity on the inside.”
“The more reasons you have for achieving your goal, the more determined you will become.”
“If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.”
“Successful people are simply those with successful habits.”
“Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.”
“The success you are enjoying today is the result of the price you have paid in the past.”
“Everybody has a need for speed and you actually make your product, or service, or services more attractive when you do them fast.”
“Whatever job you take on, make yourself valuable, then indispensable.”
“Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other.”
“An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.”
“The fundamental glue that holds any relationship together is trust.”
“Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.”
“Be willing to launch in faith, with no guarantees of success. This is the mark of personal greatness”
“The greatest joys of life are happy memories. Your job is to create as many of them as possible.”
“For every difficulty that supposedly stops a person from succeeding there are thousands who have had it a lot worse and have succeeded anyway. So can you.”
“Be a lifelong student. The more you learn, the more you earn and the more self-confidence you will have.”
“If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals.”
“Accept complete responsibility both for understanding and for being understood.”
“There are no accidents; success is the result of doing the right thing, in the right way, over and over.”
“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.”
“Avoid negative people at all costs. They are the greatest destroyers of self-confidence and self-esteem.”
“Your self-confidence increases when you know you are living your life according to your highest values.”
“The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.”
“Circumstances do not make the man or woman, they merely reveal them.”
“Simplify the task. Continually look for faster, better, easier ways to get the job done.”
“By acting in a positive, pleasant and optimistic way, you become a positive, optimistic and enjoyable person.”
“Your life is a reflection of your thoughts. If you change your thinking, you change your life.”
“Nobody works better under pressure. They just work faster.”
“Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.”
“The future belongs to the competent. It belongs to those who are very, very good at what they do. It does not belong to the well meaning.”
“The more you like yourself, the better you perform in everything that you do.”
“Self-confidence comes naturally when your inner life and your outer life are in harmony.”
“Intense, burning desire is the motivational force that enables you to overcome any obstacle and achieve almost any goal”
“To earn more, you must learn more.”
“A feeling of confidence and personal power comes from facing challenges and overcoming them.”
“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.”
“Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.”
“No matter what you have done to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day.”
“The comfort zone is the great enemy of courage and confidence.”
“Accept that you are where you are and what you are because of your own choices and decisions.”
“The most powerful predictable people builders are praise and encouragement.”
“Dream BIG dreams! Only big dreams have the power to move your mind and spirit.”
“Throw yourself wholeheartedly into your work; the more you enjoy it, the better you get.”
“No one makes you feel anything. It is how you react and respond that determines your emotions.”
“There are no unrealistic goals, only unrealistic deadlines.”
“Attitude and personality are as important as experience and ability.”
“The greatest enemies of success and happiness are negative emotions of all kinds.”
“Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now?”
“Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.”
“Imagine no limitations; decide what’s right and desirable before you decide what’s possible.”
“If you can dream it, you can do it. Your limits are all within yourself.”
“One of the best uses of your time is to increase your competence in your key result areas.”
“One good idea is all you need to start a fortune.”
“Integrity is the foundation upon which all other values are built.”
“Your greatest resource is your time.”
“Be clear about your goal but be flexible about the process of achieving it.”
“Every single moment shapes our future. Be intentional. Live on purpose!”
“Self-esteem is the reputation you have with yourself.”
“You are fully responsible for everything you are, everything you have and everything you become.”
“Worry is negative goal setting.”