Les Brown Quotes & Sayings

We were all born with a certain degree of power. The key to success is discovering this innate power and using it daily to deal with whatever challenges come our way. — Les Brown

Avoid head trash. Don't be a garbage can for anything that does not feed your intellect, stimulate your imagination, or make you a more compassionate peaceful person. Refuse to open your mind to other people's trash. Tune out anything that promotes conflict or controversy. This can infect you with a mind virus of cynicism or defeat, and you won't even know it! — Les Brown

If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present. — Les Brown

We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation / it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams. — Les Brown

The best gifts are those we not only cherish but put to use. — Les Brown

If it's hard, do it hard! Nobody said it would be easy. — Les Brown

You're either living your dreams, or living your fears. — Les Brown

You cannot be wimpy out there on the dream-seeking trail. Dare to break through barriers, to find your own path. — Les Brown

In order to do something you've never done,
you've got to become someone you've never been. I
think that all of us have great potential within us,
but greatness is a choice; it's not our destiny. And in
the pursuit of our dreams we are introduced to trials,
failures and disappointments , which take us to the
door of discovery and greatness. — Les Brown

In life, friendships change, divorces happen, people move on, others die. Money and jobs will come and go. Live long enough and your health and body will change. It goes with the territory of being human. The fact that you are still here gives you an advantage. Don't look back. Look straight ahead!! Decide to use all of your knowledge, skills, experiences and your life lessons from your mistakes, defeats and setbacks, to start over again. Life changes. You may not have the same life as before, but you can still enjoy your life! — Les Brown

That everyone won't see it, that everyone won't join you, that everyone won't have the vision ... it's necessary to know that ... See I wanted everyone to like me, I wanted to be perfect the first time around. IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. You're gonna make some mistakes, you are gonna create some enemies whenever you decide to take on the world and go after you passion. — Les Brown

Stand up for what you believe in, because you can fall for anything. — Les Brown

Live your life with passion, life your life with some drive, decide that you are going to push yourself. The last chapter to your life has not been written yet, and it doesn't matter about what happened yesterday. It doesn't matter about what happened to you, what matters is, 'what are you going to do about it?' — Les Brown

Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy. — Les Brown

The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today. — Les Brown

Whatever you accomplish in life is a manifestation not as much of what you do, as of what you believe you deserve. — Les Brown

It's not over until I (you) win. — Les Brown

I would rather fail at what I love than succeed at what I hate. — Les Brown

If you fall, fall on your back. If you can look up, you can get up. — Les Brown

Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character. — Les Brown

A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die. — Les Brown

You can determine what your future holds based on how much time and energy you spend working on yourself now. Find out what it is you want, and go after it as if your life depends on it. Why? Because it does, — Les Brown

Goals help you channel your energy into action. — Les Brown

Never, under any conditions allow circumstances to determine your reality. — Les Brown

Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers. — Les Brown

You can't get out of life alive, so you may as well have a good time. — Les Brown

Ask yourself if you are leaving a trail that others may want to follow. Are you leaving a legacy of accomplishment? What mark will you leave on your industry? Your friends and family? — Les Brown

We are risk averse by nature - but the only way you can reach your full potential is by taking chances. Understand that you are capable of far more than you've achieved, believe that you have something of value to share with the world, and take care to step outside of your comfort zone and into your greatness. Your courage will inspire others to do the same. — Les Brown

The person best suited to look out for your interests is you. The more you depend on yourself, the more positive control you have over every aspect of your life.
Take personal responsibility for who you are, what you do, and how you live. You are the only person who knows what is best for you. And you are the one who is most able to achieve it!! You have GREATNESS within you! — Les Brown

Give yourself a break. Stop beating yourself up! Everyone makes mistakes, has setbacks and failures. You don't come with a book on how to get it right all the time. You will fail sometimes, not because you planned to, but simply because you're human. Failure is a part of creating a great life. Stand up to it and handle it with grace. Because, you can. — Les Brown

It is better to aim high and miss than to aim low and hit. — Les Brown

Live life like you mean it! Stop procrastinating! Do all that you can ... with all that you have ... in the place that you are ... right now! Life is too unpredictable to put things off and not take it seriously. — Les Brown

Doing great requires that we become great people, and all of us can become great people. — Les Brown

It's a new day! Let go of old issues, relationships, or apprehensions that are holding you back. Decide to move forward using the knowledge you've gained, from your failures and triumphs, while making room for new accomplishments .
Cleaning isn't just good for your house, it's healthy for your mind. Adopt the attitude that you can and will achieve your dreams, because it's true. You have greatness within you! — Les Brown

The world is waiting for you to wake up to the person you are called to be. Stop listening to the negative inner conversation that's causing you to play small. Focus your mind on positive thoughts, possibilities and solutions that can move you forward. Tap into your creativity and determination and stay busy. Stay focused. — Les Brown

Don't waste another minute dealing with a toxic, negative, energy-draining person. Some people are wired for negativity. They love being argumentative, combative and abusive. Run for your life as quickly as possible. — Les Brown

No one rises to low expectations — Les Brown

You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great. — Les Brown

Do something about your life now. You know you are sick and tired of being sick and tired. Don't just think about it, look at it, and complain about it to whoever will listen. Stop conning yourself into being a volunteer victim, or telling the same old story. You are better than that. It's time to stand up for yourself and your dream. This is the one and only life that you have. Don't waste it watching someone's life - on tv, in a movie, a series or reality show. Take your power back and make a move. Live your life on your terms, and create something new in your life. You Deserve! — Les Brown

Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them. — Les Brown

Lions don't have to roar. There is power in silence, confidence, and persistence. Those who work don't talk, and those who talk don't work. Handle your business. Measure your efforts by results. Focus your time, energy, and activity on mastering and executing a plan. — Les Brown

Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you. — Les Brown

People getting ready to go to jobs that they don't like, jobs that are making them sick. You see when you are not pursuing your goal, you are literally committing spiritual suicide. When you have some goal out here that you are stretching for and reaching for that takes you out of your comfort zone, you'll find out some talents and abilities you have that you didn't know you have. — Les Brown

Don't confuse who you are with the results that you produce. — Les Brown

Peak-to-peek, conquering one peak and then peeking over the top to find another one to climb. — Les Brown

See yourself confronting your fears in your mind's eye and handling those fears like a champ. — Les Brown

Downsizing trends and the changing global market require people to reinvent themselves and think like entrepreneurs. — Les Brown

Ask for help. Not because you are weak. But because you want to remain strong. — Les Brown

Shoot for the moon, because even if you miss you miss, you'll land in the stars. — Les Brown

Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality. — Les Brown

The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all because someone was too afraid to take that first step, keep with the problem, or determined to carry our their dream. — Les Brown

Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life. — Les Brown

There is no sense in having a goal if you aren't going to go after it. — Les Brown

If you spend a lot of time thinking about your problems, they'll grow bigger and stronger. Is that what you want? Of course not!Instead, focus on your goals. Start your day with them at the front of your mind, and use notes to recall them strategically throughout your day. — Les Brown

Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours. — Les Brown

There is nothing as powerful as a made up mind. Do not give yourself another excuse to put off making up your mind. You know in your heart of hearts that once you do that you have got to act.
You owe it to the world, your family and most importantly, to yourself to live a life of no regrets. Stop worrying about what other people will think, say, or do. You only have one life. LIVE IT now. You have GREATNESS within you!! — Les Brown

Be willing to go all out, in pursuit of your dream. Ultimately it will pay off. You are more powerful than you think you are. — Les Brown

Decisions can be a major challenge for all of us ... — Les Brown

There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have not yet learned how to win. — Les Brown

Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead. — Les Brown

In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering audiences to advertisers. People are the merchandise, not the shows. The shows are merely the bait. — Les Brown

You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change. — Les Brown

Perfection does not exist
you can always do better and you can always grow. — Les Brown

Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it. — Les Brown

Define your priorities, know your values and believe in your purpose. Only then can you effectively share yourself with others. — Les Brown

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. — Les Brown

If you're not willing to risk you cannot grow, and if you cannot grow you cannot become your best, and if you cannot become your best, you cannot be happy. — Les Brown

Leap and grow your wings on the way down — Les Brown

Goals are not dreamy, pie-in-the-sky ideals. They have every day practical applications and they should be practical. — Les Brown

In the end, it is the person you become, not the things you have achieved, that is the most important. — Les Brown

If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you. — Les Brown

You can't see the picture when you're in the frame. — Les Brown

If you want to keep getting what you're getting, keep doing what you're doing. — Les Brown

If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness. — Les Brown

Fear is the most subtle and destructive of all hueman diseases. Fear kills dreams! — Les Brown

I must commit myself to beginning each day by concentrating on positive thoughts and focusing on my goals. — Les Brown

No one will take better care of your dream than you. — Les Brown

There comes a time when you have to drop your burdens in order to fight for yourself and your dreams. Many of us carry baggage from the past that hinders our ability to fight for the things we want in life, our goals, our dreams. If you learn in this book to let go of those burdensome emotions and memories, then one of my chief objectives will be realized; you will be able to pursue and live your dreams. — Les Brown

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. — Les Brown

You take on the responsibility for making your dream a reality. — Les Brown

When you are not pursuing your goal, you are literally committing spiritual suicide. — Les Brown

Make sure when you fall you land on your back if you can see you can get up. — Les Brown

Forgive yourself first. Release the need to replay a negative situation over and over again in your mind. Don't become a hostage to your past by always reviewing and reliving your mistakes. Don't remind yourself of what should have, could have or would have been. Release it and let it go. Move on. — Les Brown

Begin to read a book that will help you move toward your dream. — Les Brown

You can start over again! Don't even think about quitting now! It is easy to replay in your mind how things did not work, how much you lost, what you are going through, how angry you are. There is no amount of conversation or magic that is going to wipe the slate clean. You are wasting valuable time and energy that could be used to regain a new normal and start another version of your life. Even though you are hurt and you may be feeling down - stop kicking yourself! Face what has happened. Make the decision to start over again. — Les Brown

If you do what is easy, your life will be hard — Les Brown

You have the courage and power to live your dreams. — Les Brown

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. — Les Brown

Today, you expand or you are expendable. — Les Brown

The limitations you have and the negative things that you internalize are given to you by the world. The thing that empowers you - the possibilities - come from within. — Les Brown

We have the responsibility to put our gifts to work. — Les Brown

Where do we enroll in Life 101? Where are the classes dealing with the loss of a job, the death of a loved one, the failure of a relationship? Unfortunately, those lessons are mostly learned through trial by fire and the school of hard knocks. — Les Brown

You will win if you don't quit — Les Brown

If you only talk to a person's head and not their heart people won't listen to you. — Les Brown

Accept the consequences of your actions in order to become the agent of your mental, physical, spiritual and material success. — Les Brown

It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams. — Les Brown

At the end of the day, it's important to know what really matters most in life ... your sanity, your health, your family, and the ability to start anew. — Les Brown

It's not over until you win — Les Brown

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way. — Les Brown

When a show fails to destroy the competition-and it can fail while attracting 20 million viewers-it is itself destroyed. — Les Brown