Brian Tracy Quotes

We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going... Concentrate on something useful.

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.

Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW!

You can be the most intelligent person, and you can have so much potential, but if you don't have a guide by which to channel that energy, then a lot of times, it's futile.

So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment that I stepped up and the moment I focused all my energy on that is when things started to happen. So there's a direct relationship between my inspiration and my output.

A journalist also needs to be disciplined, and so do I. I am, essentially, lazy. Without discipline I'd be just a mass of gummy bears on the sofa instead of on book tour with my eighth novel.

But I find the best things I do, I do when I'm trying to avoid doing something else I'm supposed to be doing. You know, you're working on something. You get bugged, or you lose your enthusiasm or something. So you turn to something else with an absolute vengeance.

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.

Sometimes pressure can be good, and it gives you a lot of energy to do something.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

The only times I'm not relaxed are when I haven't got a project on the go.

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

Goals help you channel your energy into action.

When you're too relaxed it's not good to create.

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.

I have ideas in mind, things that I'm working toward. There have to be goals; there has to be a challenge. Just playing, in and of itself, is great. But there has to be some motivation to it.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

I'm not always as disciplined as I should be. I don't sit down and write every day, but I should.

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

I have great energy and I have great tasks ahead of me.

Every project is a race between your enthusiasm and your ability to get it done. Go fast. Don't slow down. A year from now, new things will interest you.

There are a ton of qualities that can help you succeed, and the more carefully a quality has been studied, the more you know it's worth your time and energy.

I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.

Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.