Les Brown Quotes

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

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

When it comes to success, it will come when it comes. A delay does not mean a denial. ~ Les Brown

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

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

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

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

All of us need to grow continuously in our lives. ~ Les Brown

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

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. ~ 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

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

Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy. ~ 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

Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory. ~ Les Brown

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

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

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

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

Be humble!! Be wise!! Be wild!! Be love!! Be cute!! Be sexy!! Be sweet!! Be bold!! Okaaaayyyy... Be whatever you wanna be!! It's your life!! **Someone's opinion of you doesn't have to be your reality! (Les brown)** ~ Abhishek Kumar

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

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. ~ Les Brown

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations. ~ 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

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

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

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

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

You have something special, you have GREATNESS within you! ~ Les Brown

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

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

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

Life is the gift that keeps on giving. Appreciate that blessing for what it is ~ Les Brown

Forgive those who have hurt you. ~ Les Brown

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No one rises to low expectations ~ Les Brown

Know your gifts and share them. ~ 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

Provide more service than what you get paid for ~ Les Brown

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

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

You can't get out of life alive. ~ Les Brown

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

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

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

WANT shows up in conversation - EXPECTATION shows up in behavior. ~ Les Brown

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. ~ Les Brown

Things are not going to improve for you in life until YOU improve ~ Les Brown

The happiest times in my life were the days when I was traveling with Les Brown and his band. ~ Doris Day

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

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

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

Whatever you're seeking-it's seeking You ~ 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

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

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. ~ Les Brown

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. ~ 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

Never build a case against yourself." ~ Les Brown

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

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

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

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. ~ Les Brown

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 ~ Les Brown

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

Do something about your life now. ~ 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

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. ~ 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're going through hell, don't stop, keep moving! ~ Les Brown

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. ~ 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

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

NEVER let other people's opinions of you determine your destiny. ~ Les Brown

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

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