Brian Tracy Quotes

Self-doubt is the greatest enemy of any new good habit.

Fear and self-doubt have always been the greatest enemies of human potential.

The only person holding you back is you.

We're our own worst enemy. You doubt yourself more than anybody else ever will. If you can get past that, you can be successful.

Many things we can't do are simply because we think we can't do them.

If you gave your inner genius as much credence as your inner critic, you would be light years ahead of where you now stand.

What holds most people back isn't the quality of their ideas, but their lack of faith in themselves.

Know that nothing can hinder you but yourself. If you believe you can, you can.

Excuses are your lack of faith in your own power.

If I learned one thing, it is that self-doubt is one of the most destructive forces. It makes you defensive instead of open, reactive instead of active. Self-doubt is consuming and cruel. And my hope today is that we can all collectively agree to ban it. . . . Think to the moments of your life when you forgot to doubt yourself. When you were so inspired that you were just living and creating and working. Pay attention to those moments because they're trying to reach you through those lenses of doubt and trying to show you your potential.

excessive fear and self-doubt that were the greatest detractors of personal genius.

Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure.

Our biggest enemy is our own self-doubt. We really can achieve extraordinary things in our lives. But we sabotage our greatness because of our fear

Doubt is poison. It leads to a loss of faith in yourself, and in all that's good and true.

Our greatest problems in life come not so much from the situations we confront as from our doubts about our ability to handle them.

Acting as if you were what you want to become and know you can become is the way to remove self-doubt and enter your real-magic kingdom.

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.

Our doubts about ourselves cannot be banished except by working at that which is the one and only thing we know we ought to do. Other people's assertions cannot silence the howling dirge within us. It is our talents rusting unused within us that secrete the poison of self-doubt into our bloodstream.

The greatest secret for eliminating the infirmity complex, which is another term for deep and profound self-doubt, is to fill your mind to overflowing faith. Develop a tremendous faith in God and that will give you a humble yet soundly realistic faith in yourself.

I do entertain a lot of negative thoughts and I haven't got any self-belief. But I haven't done bad for someone without any self-belief.

It's our own small voice within that is our oppressor; it says we are not worthy and not powerful enough. Our limited beliefs are the real foes we need to fight and conquer.

I spent an awful lot of my life underestimating myself and, as a result, not exceeding my own expectations.

The only thing holding us back is ourselves.

I was very insecure approaching the idea of directing a feature film. I told myself I would not move until I felt I was moving in power rather than moving in desperation to make a movie.