Brian Tracy’s
Book of Motivational Quotes
TO LIVE BY
Introduction
Inside this book you’ll find my thoughts on self-confidence, goal achievement,
happiness, and more. I’ve spent my life as a student and if you’re looking for motivation, these inspirational quotes will help you empower yourself to reach your
goals and achieve success. My hope is that you get inspired to take action, create
success, and enjoy life.
I encourage you to print out your favorite quotes to put up on your wall or desk, or
save them as a background to your phone. The important thing is for you to feel
motivated to take action!
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Self-Confidence
“It is not lack of ability or opportunity that holds you
back; it is only a lack of confidence in yourself.
”There are no limits to what you can accomplish, except
the limits you place on your own thinking.“
“Commit yourself to excellence in every part of your life
and never stop striving toward it.”
“Expect to be successful, expect to be liked, expect to be
popular everywhere you go.”
Self-Confidence
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Self-confidence is the
foundation of all great
success and achievement.
-Brian Tracy
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“Make others feel important. The more important you
make them feel, the more important you feel, as well.”
“Life is too short to waste a minute of it doing a job you
don’t like or care about.”
“Self-confidence requires having the courage to live
your life in your own way.”
Self-Confidence
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Average people have
wishes and hopes.
Confident people have
goals and plans.
-Brian Tracy
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Personal Achievement
“It doesn’t matter where you’re coming from; all that
matters is where you are going.”
“Life is like a combination lock; your goal is to find the
right numbers, in the right order, so you can have
anything you want.”
“Your most valuable asset can be your willingness to
persist longer than anyone else.”
“If you want to achieve greatly in life, be a student
of achievement.”
Personal Achievement
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You have great, untapped
reserves of potential
within you. Your job is to
release them.
-Brian Tracy
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“Decide exactly what you want in every area of your life;
you can’t hit a target you can’t see.”
“Make a decision today to do something wonderful with
your life.”
“Engage in ‘mountaintop thinking’; project forward in
thought and imagine your ideal life.”
“The kindest thing you can do for the people you care
about is to become a happy, joyous person.”
Personal Achievement
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Make your life a
masterpiece; imagine no
limitations on what you
can be, have, or do.
-Brian Tracy
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Effective Leadership
“Leaders are those who determine the Area of
Excellence for the group.”
“Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement
from ordinary people.”
“All work is done by teams; the leader’s output is the
output of his or her team.”
“Lead the field! Start earlier, work harder, and stay later.”
Effective Leadership
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Do the unexpected. You
are safer moving forward
than standing still.
-Brian Tracy
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“Flexibility in a time of great change is a vital quality
of leadership.”
“Your ability to make good decisions will determine
your success as much as any other factor.”
“Follow up and follow through until the task is complete, the prize won.”
“Dare to go forward. Courage is the mark of greatness
in leadership.”
Effective Leadership
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To achieve something
you’ve never achieved
before, you must be
someone you’ve never
been before.
-Brian Tracy
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Goal Achievement
“An average person with average talent, ambition, and
education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our
society, if that person has clear, focused goals.”
“The establishment of a clear, central purpose or goal in
life is the starting point of all success.”
“Committing your goals to paper increases the likelihood of your achieving them by one-thousand percent!”
“Success equals goals; all else is commentary.”
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Goals in writing are
dreams with deadlines.
-Brian Tracy
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“Rewrite your major goals every day, in the present
tense, exactly as if they already existed.”
“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.”
“You are only happy when you are working toward a
clear, specific goal of your own choosing.”
“Your success will be largely determined by your ability
to concentrate single-mindedly on one thing at a time.”
Goal Achievement
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It is not what you say,
or wish, or hope or
intend, it is only what
you do that counts.
-Brian Tracy
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Happiness
“Set peace of mind as your highest goal and organize
your entire life around it.”
“Happiness and high performance come to you when
you choose to live your life consistent with your highest
values and your deepest convictions.”
“The quality of your life is determined by how you feel
at any given moment. How you feel is determined by
how you interpret what is happening around you, not
by the events themselves.”
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Take a deep breath, relax
and imagine yourself
exactly as you wish to be.
-Brian Tracy
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“Happiness comes when you believe in what you are
doing, know what you are doing, and love what you
are doing.”
“Stop talking about the problem and start thinking
about the solution.”
“Associate with positive people, and get away from negative people.”
“Act the part; walk and talk exactly as if you were
already the person you want to be.”
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Think continually about
what you want, not
about the things you fear.
-Brian Tracy
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About Brian Tracy
Brian Tracy is Chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, a company specializing in the training and development of individuals and organizations. Brian’s goal
is to help you achieve your personal and business goals faster and easier than you
ever imagined.
Brian Tracy has consulted for more than 1,000 companies and addressed more
than 5,000,000 people in 5,000 talks and seminars throughout the US, Canada and
70 other countries worldwide. As a Keynote speaker and seminar leader, he
addresses more than 250,000 people each year.
He has studied, researched, written and spoken for 30 years in the fields of economics, history, business, philosophy and psychology. He is the top selling author
of over 70 books that have been translated into dozens of languages.
He has written and produced more than 500 audio and video learning programs,
including the worldwide, best-selling Psychology of Achievement, which has been
translated into more than 28 languages.
He speaks to corporate and public audiences on the subjects of Personal and
Professional Development, including the executives and staff of many of America’s
largest corporations. His exciting talks and seminars on Leadership, Selling,
Self-Esteem, Goals, Strategy, Creativity and Success Psychology bring about immediate changes and long-term results.
Prior to founding his company, Brian Tracy International, Brian was the Chief Operating Officer of a $265 million dollar development company. He has had successful careers in sales and marketing, investments, real estate development and
syndication, importation, distribution and management consulting. He has conducted high level consulting assignments with several billion-dollar plus corporations in strategic planning and organizational development.
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He has traveled and worked in 107 countries on six continents, and speaks four
languages. Brian is happily married and has four children. He is active in community and national affairs, and is the President of three companies headquartered
in Solana Beach, California.
Brian is the president of Brian Tracy International, a company that helps individuals and businesses of all sizes achieve personal and professional goals.
To learn more about Brian Tracy, please visit www.briantracy.com/AboutBrian.
If you have any questions about Brian Tracy learning programs and services,
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