Top 500 Brian Tracy Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “If you read one hour per day in your field, that will translate into about one book per week. One book per week translates into about 50 books per year. 50 books per year will translate into about 500 books over the next ten years.”

— Brian Tracy

Featured in: Lifelong Learning Quotes, Book Quotes

202. “Everything counts! Everything you do helps or hurts, adds up or takes away.”

— Brian Tracy

203. “Refuse to make excuses or blame others. The leader always says, If it’s to be, it’s up to me.”

— Brian Tracy

204. “Stop talking about the problem and start thinking about the solution.”

— Brian Tracy

205. “Never consider the possibility of failure; as long as you persist, you will be successful.”

— Brian Tracy

206. “Be loyal to your boss, your company, your co-workers. Someone is always listening.”

— Brian Tracy

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207. “Stress comes from within; it is your reaction to circumstances, not the circumstances themselves.”

— Brian Tracy

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208. “Incorrect assumptions lie at the root of every failure. Have the courage to test your assumptions.”

— Brian Tracy

209. “Your life is the sum total of all your choices up to this present minute.”

— Brian Tracy

210. “Offer your customers a long-term relationship, then do everything possible to build and maintain it.”

— Brian Tracy

211. “The tendency to follow the path of least resistance guarantees failure in life.”

— Brian Tracy

212. “The universe is completely balanced and in perfect order. You will always be compensated for everything that you do.”

— Brian Tracy

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213. “It is not failure itself that holds you back; it is the fear of failure that paralyzes you.”

— Brian Tracy

214. “Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.”

— Brian Tracy

215. “Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed.”

— Brian Tracy

216. “Persistence is the iron quality of success; if you persist long enough you must eventually succeed.”

— Brian Tracy

217. “You determine your future by the thoughts and pictures you hold in your mind today.”

— Brian Tracy

218. “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.””

— Brian Tracy

219. “Attitude and personality are as important as experience and ability.”

— Brian Tracy

220. “People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.”

— Brian Tracy

221. “Your subconscious mind makes all your words and actions fit a pattern consistent with your self-concept and your innermost beliefs about yourself.”

— Brian Tracy

222. “You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.”

— Brian Tracy

223. “Success is not a miracle. Nor is it a matter of luck. Everything happens for a reason, good or bad, positive or negative.”

— Brian Tracy

224. “Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have.”

— Brian Tracy

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225. “Change your thinking, and you will change your life.”

— Brian Tracy

226. “Your ability to concentrate single-mindedly on one thing, the most important thing, and stay at it until it is complete, is an essential prerequisite for success.”

— Brian Tracy

227. “Refuse to let the fear of rejection hold you back. Remember, rejection is never personal.”

— Brian Tracy

228. “Do something to move yourself toward your major goal every day.”

— Brian Tracy

229. “Success comes when you do what you love to do, and commit to being the best in your field.”

— Brian Tracy

230. “Decide upon your major definite purpose in life and then organize all your activities around it.”

— Brian Tracy

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

— Brian Tracy

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

— Brian Tracy

233. “Imagine your ideal future. Visualize yourself as if your life were perfect in every respect.”

— Brian Tracy

234. “Success is the ability to live your life, the way you want to live it, doing what you enjoy most, surrounded by people you admire and respect.”

— Brian Tracy

235. “If you want to sail your ship in a different direction, you must turn one degree at a time.”

— Brian Tracy

236. “Make a game of finding something positive in every situation. Ninety-five percent of your emotions are determined by how you interpret events to yourself.”

— Brian Tracy

237. “The law of cause and effect: If you do what other successful people do, you will eventually get the results that other successful people get.”

— Brian Tracy

238. “Act with purpose, courage, confidence, competence and intelligence until these qualities ‘lock in’ to your subconscious mind.”

— Brian Tracy

239. “If you do not do the thing you fear, the fear controls your life.”

— Brian Tracy

240. “Attentive listening to others lets them know that you love them and builds trust, the foundation of a loving relationship.”

— Brian Tracy

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241. “Success equals goals; all else is commentary.”

— Brian Tracy

242. “Life is like a combination lock; your job is to find the right numbers, in the right order, so you can have everything you want.”

— Brian Tracy

243. “Effective performance is preceded by painstaking preparation.”

— Brian Tracy

244. “You cannot save time, but you can spend time differently.”

— Brian Tracy

245. “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.”

— Brian Tracy

246. “Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of either desire or fear.”

— Brian Tracy

247. “When you develop yourself to the point where your belief in yourself is so strong that you know that you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, your future will be unlimited.”

— Brian Tracy

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

— Brian Tracy

249. “Your most important tasks and priorities are those that can have the most serious consequences, positive or negative, on your life or work. Focus on these above all.”

— Brian Tracy

250. “Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life.”

— Brian Tracy