Top 500 Brian Tracy Quotes (2025 Update)
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401. “To be wealthy you must develop a burning desire for wealth and financial independence.”

— Brian Tracy

402. “Many parents make the mistake of giving love and approval to their children only when their children do something that they want them to do.”

— Brian Tracy

403. “Whenever you complete a task of any size or importance, you feel a surge of energy, enthusiasm, and self-esteem. The more important the completed task, the happier, more confident, and more powerful you feel about yourself and your world.”

— Brian Tracy

404. “Many successful people get up before 6am in the morning. They have rituals. They exercise, stretch, organize their day, and walk through that series of rituals.”

— Brian Tracy

405. “The primary reason for underachievement and failure is that the great majority of people don’t decide to be successful.”

— Brian Tracy

406. “Dare to go forward. Courage is the mark of greatness in leadership.”

— Brian Tracy

407. “Small improvements in the way you use your time can translate into major differences in your life.”

— Brian Tracy

408. “When you are younger, you worry about what people think about you. When you are older, you realize that no one was ever thinking about you at all.”

— Brian Tracy

409. “A person with average talent, ambition and education, can outstrip a genius in society, if that person has focused goals.”

— Brian Tracy

410. “Discipline is what you must have to resist the lure of excuses.”

— Brian Tracy

411. “You keep customers by delivering on your promises, fulfilling your commitments and continually investing in the quality of your relationships.”

— Brian Tracy

412. “Proper business planning demands that you focus on the self-interest of the customer at all times.”

— Brian Tracy

413. “Make a habit of dominating the listening, and let the prospect dominate the talking.”

— Brian Tracy

414. “The average person works at fifty percent or less of their potential. Your job is to unleash that extra fifty percent.”

— Brian Tracy

415. “Every study of high achieving men and women proves that greatness in life is only possible when you become outstanding at your chosen field.”

— Brian Tracy

416. “Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon a goal or goals which they really believe in, which they can really commit themselves to, which they can put their whole heart and soul into.”

— Brian Tracy

417. “Accept that you are where you are and what you are because of your own choices and decisions.”

— Brian Tracy

418. “Be thankful for all your blessings. An appreciative person makes a pleasant and optimistic person.”

— Brian Tracy

419. “Nobody values your time but YOU.”

— Brian Tracy

420. “Manage by objectives. Tell people exactly what you want them to do and then get out of their way.”

— Brian Tracy

421. “The foundation of confidence in virtually every field is preparation.”

— Brian Tracy

422. “The very act of accepting responsibility short-circuits and cancels out any negative emotions you may be experiencing.”

— Brian Tracy

423. “You can never earn in the outside world more than you earn in your own mind.”

— Brian Tracy

424. “Knowing how to deal with change effectively is a primary requirement for living successfully in perhaps the most exciting time in all of human history.”

— Brian Tracy

425. “You always think in terms of customer benefit. You always think, “How could I really benefit people at such a high level that they would love to buy my product or service and recommend it to others?””

— Brian Tracy

426. “What have you always wanted to do but been afraid to attempt? Whatever it is, it may be your greatest opportunity in life.”

— Brian Tracy

427. “The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.”

— Brian Tracy

428. “How often does the tightrope walker balance when walking across the tightrope? All the time! It is the same thing if you really want to have a successful career, and you want to have a happy home life. It is a matter of balance.”

— Brian Tracy

429. “The difference between the hero and the coward is that the hero sticks in there five minutes longer.”

— Brian Tracy

430. “Resolve to pay any price or make any sacrifice to get into the top ten percent of your field. That payoff is incredible!”

— Brian Tracy

431. “The key to success is to develop a winning edge.”

— Brian Tracy

432. “The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.”

— Brian Tracy

433. “The natural tendency of all human behavior is toward the path of least resistance. When you resist this tendency, you become stronger and more powerful.”

— Brian Tracy

434. “Learn from the experts. Study successful men and women and do what they do and you’ll be successful too.”

— Brian Tracy

435. “Your greatest asset is your earning ability, to apply your knowledge, skills in order to get results which others will pay.”

— Brian Tracy

436. “The more you teach positive ideas to others, the better you learn them yourself.”

— Brian Tracy

437. “There are, basically, three kinds of people: the unsuccessful, the temporarily successful, and those who become and remain successful. The difference is character.”

— Brian Tracy

438. “Knowledge and know-how are the real sources of value and riches. You can learn anything you need to learn to achieve any goal you can set for yourself.”

— Brian Tracy

439. “To discover new continents, you must be willing to lose sight of the shore.”

— Brian Tracy

440. “Your earning ability today is largely dependent upon your knowledge, skill and your ability to combine that knowledge and skill in such a way that you contribute value for which customers are going to pay.”

— Brian Tracy

441. “One of the marks of excellent people is that they never compare themselves with others. They only compare themselves with themselves and with their past accomplishments and future potential.”

— Brian Tracy

442. “Refuse to compromise what you know to be right for anyone or anything.”

— Brian Tracy

443. “The single common denominator of men and women who achieve great things is a sense of destiny.”

— Brian Tracy

444. “An average person who develops the habit of setting clear priorities and getting important tasks completed quickly will run circles around a genius who talks a lot and makes wonderful plans but gets very little done.”

— Brian Tracy

445. “People don’t trust conglomerates; they trust individuals. Network marketing brings trust and the quality of the relationship to the center of the business. And it enables you to expand indefinitely, simply by expanding the number of relationships.”

— Brian Tracy

446. “Make a total commitment to your company, your job, and your career. Uncommitted people have no future.”

— Brian Tracy

447. “Think about your goals at every opportunity throughout the day.”

— Brian Tracy

448. “Your ability to set goals and to make plans for their accomplishment is the master skill of success.”

— Brian Tracy

449. “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.”

— Brian Tracy

450. “Eighty percent of life’s satisfaction comes from meaningful relationships.”

— Brian Tracy