“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”
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Brian Tracy
“As Pat Riley, the basketball coach, said, "Anytime you stop striving to get better, you're bound to get worse.”
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Brian Tracy
“Before you begin work, always ask yourself, "Is this task in the top 20 percent of my activities or in the bottom 80 percent?”
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Brian Tracy
“It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are
going.”
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Brian Tracy
“The only way to overcome your fears is to do the thing you fear.”
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Brian Tracy
“The greatest problem of human life is fear. It is fear that robs us of
happiness. It is fear that causes us to settle for far less than we are
capable of. It is fear that is the root cause of negative emotions,
unhappiness and problems in human relationships.”
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Brian Tracy
“The more you discipline yourself to use your time well, the happier you will feel and the better will be the quality of your life in every area.”
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Brian Tracy
“The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.”
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Brian Tracy
“feel their self-worth is pretty high, so that they can achieve; so that they can take on the world—so”
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Brian Tracy
“You are where you are and what you are because of yourself, nothing else. Nature is neutral. Nature doesn't care. If you do what other successful people do, you will enjoy the same results and rewards that they do. And if you don't, you won't.”
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Brian Tracy
“Your mental picture of yourself has a powerful effect on your behavior. Visualize yourself as the person you intend to be in the future. Your self-image, the way you see yourself on the inside, largely determines your performance on the outside. All
improvement in your outer life begins with improvements in your mental pictures, on the inside.”
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Brian Tracy
“Are your goals backed by burning desire or are you giving the Universe mixed signals?”
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Brian Tracy
“Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality.”
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Brian Tracy
“Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future.”
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Brian Tracy
“In every company which I have done strategic planning, the number-one value people choose is always integrity. The second values may be quality of products and services, caring about people, excellent customer service, profitability , innovation, entrepreneurship, and others. But integrity always comes first.”
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Brian Tracy