Les Brown Quotes: Les Brown is one of the most influential American politician, motivational speaker, and an eminent speaker. Born in Wesley, Liberty city, he belonged to a poor family and later adopted by Mamie Brown, a middle-aged woman worked as a domestic assistant and cafeteria assistant. He kick started his professional career as a public radio speaker which was an unsuccessful venture. Later, he worked as full time DJ and ran for the election in the Ohio House of representatives and won fortunately. After a successful run in the legislative, he started his own show named as ‘The Les Brown Show’. To know more about the charismatic personality of Les Brown, do checkout inspirational Les Brown quotes on success, life, motivation, love, and relationships, and get inspiration in heaps.
Les Brown Quotes
In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact. » Les Brown
Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality. » Les Brown
You don’t have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great. » Les Brown
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. » Les Brown
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. » Les Brown
Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. » 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 out their dream. » Les Brown
Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit. » 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
We are living in very challenging times. Pressured in the workplace and stressed out at home, people are trying to make sense of their lives. » Les Brown
Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality. » Les Brown
When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up. » Les Brown
The greatest revenge is massive success. » Les Brown
Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory. » Les Brown
Align yourself with people that you can learn from, people who want more out of life, people who are stretching and searching and seeking some higher ground in life. » Les Brown
Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours. » Les Brown
Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you. » Les Brown
There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have not yet learned how to win. » Les Brown
Our ability to handle life’s challenges is a measure of our strength of character. » 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
Just because Fate doesn’t deal you the right cards, it doesn’t mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential. » Les Brown
Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner. » Les Brown
We have to live life with a sense of urgency so not a minute is wasted. » Les Brown
Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations. » Les Brown
Perfection does not exist — you can always do better and you can always grow. » Les Brown
Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. » Les Brown
Honor your commitments with integrity. » Les Brown
The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today. » Les Brown
You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change. » Les Brown
It is better to aim high and miss than to aim low and hit. » Les Brown
The things you want are always possible; it is just that the way to get them is not always apparent. The only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life is you, and that can be a considerable obstacle because you carry the baggage of insecurities and past experience. » Les Brown
You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change. » 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
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
It’s not over until you win » Les Brown
Make sure when you fall you land on your back if you can see you can get up. » Les Brown
Unlike productions in the other arts, all television shows are born to destroy two other shows. » Les Brown
All of us need to grow continuously in our lives. » 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
Forgive those who have hurt you. » Les Brown
Goals help you channel your energy into action. » 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
It’s better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one, than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. » Les Brown
Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours. » Les Brown
Today, you expand or you are expendable. » 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
I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames. » Les Brown
There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have not yet learned how to win.” » Les Brown
Its Not Over Until You Win….” » Les Brown
If you don’t program yourself, life will program you.” » Les Brown
A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.”» Les Brown
Act the way you want to be and soon you’ll be the way you act.” » Les Brown
To sit on an idea or fail to act on a goal is not really goal-setting, but wishful thinking. » Les Brown
Success is both very personal and relative, depending on where you would like to be in your own life. » Les Brown
Each of us owes someone. We all benefit by reaching out and helping others. » Les Brown
You can make decisions like that about your life. If you are carrying strong feeling about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present. You have to get rid of them.” » Les Brown
I believe adults and parents who do not get involved in children’s lives effectively forfeit any right to attempt to influence their lives. » Les Brown
There are people who are wise enough and motivated enough to change their lives and live their dreams, and then there are those who need a kick in the pants to change their ways. » Les Brown
You can get the kind of results that you are looking for in life if you are willing to work smart to achieve them. » Les Brown
I have learned that to get out of life what I expect, I must commit myself to beginning each day by concentrating on positive thoughts and focusing on my goals.” » Les Brown
It’s important to me that money not be important to me.” – » Les Brown
We have the capacity to change, to lead meaningful and productive lives by awakening our consciousness. – » Les Brown
Make a conscious effort to let go of fear and act from a sense of consciousness that will empower and protect you. You are strong. You are greater than the fear! – » Les Brown
Dealing with life means taking advantage of each new challenge as an opportunity to learn and accomplish something new. – » Les Brown
One of the most essential things you need to do for yourself is to choose a goal that is important to you.” – » Les Brown
Get your ideas on paper and study them. Do not let them go to waste!” – » Les Brown
A person with the right attitude says to himself or herself, I may be here in this situation, but it doesn’t mean I have to stay here. When faced with a challenge, do you ask: why me? Or do you accept the opportunity for you to grow?” – » Les Brown
Very often, the biggest hurdle in reaching a goal is getting started. And the second biggest hurdle is getting started in the right direction. » Les Brown
Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” – » Les Brown
If you allow your self-esteem to erode, your fear will eat at you; ultimately it could destroy you. – » Les Brown
Set a goal that’s meaningful and compelling enough, and your skills, your knowledge and your effectiveness will expand in order to reach that goal. – » Les Brown
Not having goals is like having no idea where you want to go when you step up to an airline counter to buy a ticket. – » Les Brown
Negatively charged people sit on their “buts.” Monitor your language. Listen to the way you respond to questions and situations. – » Les Brown
No runner ever won a race buy looking over his should and demeaning the competition. – » Les Brown
Take the energy you are wasting feeling sorry for yourself and use it to help someone else. – » Les Brown
Make a commitment today to get up, get out, get busy and get things done. You can create the life you long to have. -» Les Brown
When we spend our time looking at what other people do or what they have, we deprive ourselves of the opportunity to see our own value.” » Les Brown
How you spend your time will determine where the rewards will come in your life. – » Les Brown
Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.” » Les Brown
I take pride in knowing that of all the things I have accomplished, no success or honor is greater than that of being a father. – » Les Brown
I don’t believe that man was born to work for a living; I believe he was born to make what he lives for HIS WORK. – » Les Brown
If you died tomorrow, are there three things that your eulogists could say you did to make the world a better place for your having lived in it? – » Les Brown
Are you taking your life for granted? Are you allowing your days to be consumed with boredom and frustration? Time is your most precious gift, not to be dwindled away in idleness or negativity. – » Les Brown
I am often fascinated by the resiliency of some of the people I meet. Life keeps knocking them down, but in what seems to be outright defiance, they keep getting up, stronger and better than before.- » Les Brown
Nobody is going to care more about your goals than you. Nobody is going put more time in on them than you. You have to find your own source of hunger and motivation and let it drive you.
I haven’t always been successful, but I’ve always had hope. I’ve always known that if I kept plugging away and doing my best, I’d be successful. – » Les Brown
It is fine to achieve your accomplishments and savor your victories, but there is not enough time in life to reason your laurels for long. – » Les Brown
It is no fun to fail, but you must pick yourself you and get back in the race. The only way you can grow is to challenge yourself beyond your present circumstances. – » Les Brown
Just because fate doesn’t deal you the right cards, it doesn’t mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.” – » Les Brown
Positively charged people choose to react positively to life because they see no benefit in letting life get the upper hand. They don’t assign blame or look for a cause when a problem occurs. They look for the solution. – » Les Brown
When you decide to move your life to the next level of accomplishment, you must fasten you mental and spiritual seat belts because it is going to be a while before you reach that comfortable level again. – » Les Brown
All of us need to grow continuously in our lives. If you are the same person now that you were a year ago or even a day ago, then you are not growing.
You may not always be able to control what life puts in your path, but I believe you can always control who you are. – » Les Brown
If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams. – » Les Brown
Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead. – » Les Brown
I learned from my mother that there is a greatness in all of us, and that all of us are delivered to this world with a mission. – » 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
When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation – it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams. – » Les Brown
If you have no vision of yourself in the future, then you have nothing to live for. – » Les Brown