Les Brown Quotes

Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory.

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.

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

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

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!

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?'

As you look at your life look at your goals and dreams, it's better to be prepared for an opportunity not have one than have an opportunity and not be prepared. If you expect to reach your goal prepare yourself now.

Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality.

How to discover your greatness? By upgrading our relationships and by having goals beyond our comfort zone.

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

Unlike productions in the other arts, all television shows are born to destroy two other shows.

You can't get out of life alive.

What could you do to make a difference in the world?

Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.

You're either living your dreams, or living your fears.

Whatever you're seeking-it's seeking You

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

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

Here's other quotes and sayings you can motivate yourself with. Practice only makes for improvement.

All of us need to grow continuously in our lives.

Provide more service than what you get paid for

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

If you are not excited about your own dream, how can you expect anybody else to be?

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

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

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

You must be willing to do things today others won't do, in order to have the things tomorrow others won't have

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.

You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.

I would rather fail at what I love than succeed at what I hate.

Know your gifts and share them.

Draw your line in the sand. Make your decision now and start taking action to really live your dream. By not taking bold steps to live your dream, not only are you missing out on fully living, but the world is missing out on the greatness you have to offer. Be bold!

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.

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.

Never build a case against yourself."

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

Housekeeper. She enlisted friends with their own small children to mind us while she worked for wages. When she took us in, Mama had absolutely no idea of how she was going to support us. She knew she wanted a family, so she made us that and then proceeded to so do whatever it took to keep us in shirts and dungarees and food. Many

You were created on purpose for a purpose. There is a thirst and hunger in your heart that is real. Pay attention to it.

I can bounce back from adversity and reinvent my life - it's possible

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

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

You will win if you don't quit

Do something about your life now.

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.

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

You have GREATNESS within you, and responsibility to manifest that greatness!

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

Sometimes you've got to # believe in someone else's belief in you until your # belief kicks in.

If you run around with 9 losers pretty soon you'll be the 10th loser.

Take action in order to move toward your goals.

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

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

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

The time is 'now' to do something - don't drag your feet.

The key to success is discovering your innate power and using it daily.

Forgive those who have hurt you.

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.

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!

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.

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.

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

Whatever life may send your way - make the best of it. Don't waste your time and energy worrying about it. Instead, find a way to do something about it. Learn from it, adjust to it, be strong, be flexible and be your best in every situation.

No one rises to low expectations

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.

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

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.

No matter how bad it is ... or how bad it gets ... I'm going to make it.

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.

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

You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.

You have something special, you have GREATNESS within you!

Goals help you channel your energy into action.

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

This is my decade. Nothing is going to stop me.

Once you have dared to dream, I believe you MUST pursue that dream. If you do not pursue your dreams they will consume you; the knowledge that you had a dream but did not pursue it is killing knowledge. Consider it absolutely necessary to go after your dreams.

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

Shoot for the moon, the worst that could happen is you land amongst the stars

You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature.

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.

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

It's hard to see the whole picture when you are in the frame.

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,

What we do and accomplish is only the tip of the iceberg of what's possible for us.

If you go through life being casual, you will end up a casualty

It's necessary to know that everybody won't see it. That everybody won't join you, that everybody won't have the vision. It's necessary to know that. That a lot of people like to complain but they don't want to do anything about their situation. That you are UNCOMMON breed.

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.

You have to know what is right for you and go after it regardless of what others say.

I have the power to handle whatever comes up.

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.

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

The only thing that can possibly keep you from going after your dreams is the person standing in your shoes, wearing your clothes, and thinking your negative thoughts.

If you're going through hell, don't stop, keep moving!

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!

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.

I think of myself as a catalyst of action and a messenger of hope, turning people onto themselves and turning people onto their dreams.

Failure is not a destination; it's an invitation to unforeseen VICTORIES.

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

WANT shows up in conversation - EXPECTATION shows up in behavior.