"Circumstances do not make the man or woman, they merely reveal them."
Brian Tracy
Author, Speaker
Brian Tracy is a renowned author and speaker known for his expertise in personal development and success strategies.
- Born
- January 5, 1944
- Quotes
- 785
- Rank
- #328
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"Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life. The most effective men and women in every area are those who can quite competently organize the cooperation and assistance of other people toward the accomplishment of important goals and objectives."
"Growth and fulfillment come from abandoning old practices and embracing new ones."
"You can have more, be more and do more because you can change the person you are."
"Time management requires self-discipline, self-mastery and self-control more than anything else."
"...decide for yourself what makes you truly happy and then organize your life around it. Write down your goals and make plans to achieve them."
"Benchmark your performance against your best competitors. Think how you can beat them next time."
"Positive emotional energy is the key to health, happiness and wellbeing. The more positive you are, the better your life will be in every area."
"Your self-confidence increases when you know you are living your life according to your highest values."
"Willpower is essential to the accomplishment of anything worthwhile."
"Perhaps the most important word in success and happiness is the word,"ask.""
"Whatever you dwell on in the conscious grows in your experience."
"Be selective about your external influences. Your multi-dimensional brain is influenced by everything you see, hear, read, smell, touch, feel or say."
"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."
"Over-learning & over-preparing gives you the winning edge in any area."
"You can achieve almost any goal you set for yourself as long as you have the discipline to pay the price to do what you need to do and to never give up. You can make excuses or you can make progress. You choose."
"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.""
"Aristotle once said that wisdom (the ability to make good decisions) is a combination of experience plus reflection. The more time that you take to think about your experiences, the more vital lessons you will gain from them."
"As a business owner or manager, you know that hiring the wrong person is the most costly mistake you can make."
"Throw yourself wholeheartedly into your work; the more you enjoy it, the better you get."