Brian Tracy Quotes

Dream big dreams! Imagine that you have no limitations and then decide what's right before you decide what's possible.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself and be lenient to everyone else.” — HENRY WARD BEECHER, NINETEENTH-CENTURY CLERGYMAN

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.

When you allow yourself to begin to dream big dreams, creatively abandon the activities that are taking up too much of your time, and focus your inward energies on alleviating your main constraints, you start to feel an incredible sense of power and confidence.

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.

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.

Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality.

People who take a long view of their lives and careers always seem to make much better decisions about their time and activities than people who give very little thought to the future.

Live your life in every way to earn and keep the respect of the people you respect.

Say no to anything that is not a high-value use of your time and your life.

What one skill, if I developed and did it in an excellent fashion, would have the greatest positive impact on my career?

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.

the better you think , the better decisions you make . the better decisions you make , the better actions you take . the better actions you take , the better results you get

By the yard it's hard, but inch by inch, anything's a cinch
A journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step

In addition, to keep your energy levels at their highest, be careful
about what you eat. Start the day with a high protein, low fat and
low carbohydrate breakfast. Eat saladswith fish or chicken at lunch.
Avoid sugar, salt, white flour products or deserts. Avoid soft drinks
and candy bars or pastries. Feed yourself as you would feed a world
class athlete before a competition, because in many respects, that’s
what you are before starting work each day

There are 999 other success principles that I have found in my reading and experience, but without self-discipline, none of them work. With self-discipline, they all work.