Les Brown Quotations

Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.

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

Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.

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

You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.

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

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.

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

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.

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

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

We have to live life with a sense of urgency so not a minute is wasted.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done." Longfellow "Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.

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

Goals help you channel your energy into action.

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

You don't get what you want in life. You get who you are.

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

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

All of us need to grow continuously in our lives.

When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues.

What we're saying is that this has been a resource that's not the best thing in the world, but a resource nonetheless.

Love yourself unconditionally, just as you love those closest to you despite their faults.

She was every bandleader's dream, a vocalist who had natural talent, a keen regard for the lyrics, and an attractive appearance.

Since anyone can set up a Hotline server on any computer, there is no need to maintain a central server that may break or have its security compromised.

I believe that life is a journey, often difficult and sometimes incredibly cruel, but we are well equipped for it if only we tap into our talents and gifts and allow them to blossom.

Get your ideas on paper and study them. Do not let them go to waste!

We made it to the finals in football and lost. We don't want that to happen again.

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.

You are the only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life.

Believe that you possess a basic goodness, which is the foundation for the greatness you can ultimately achieve.

Don't let the negativity given to you by the world disempower you. Instead give to yourself that which empowers you.

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

Our things are not overpriced. I have travelled a lot and I have seen prices of good garments sell for a lot overseas. For instance, overseas you will see linen pants for US$250, but no one will buy a linen pants for that price out here. So I know that price is not the issue.

People couldn't get down here. They couldn't find it, so they'd go a different way and go somewhere else.

Somebody's going to get hurt because of it,

Some people would rather get even instead of get ahead.

Your level of belief in yourself will inevitably manifest itself in whatever you do.

You may not accomplish every goal you set / no one does / but what really matters is having goals and going after them wholeheartedly.

You may not accomplish every goal you set -- no one does -- but what really matters is having goals and going after them wholeheartedly.

You must think of failure and defeat as the springboards to new achievements or to the next level of accomplishment.

You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.

It's important to me that money not be important to me.

If you do not develop the hunger and courage to pursue your goal, you will lose your nerve and you will give up on your dream.

If you don't stand up for something, you may fall for anything.

If you don't program yourself, life will program you!

If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out of a higher level of consciousness.

In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.

Choosing goals that are important to you is one of the most essential things you can do in order to live your dreams.

Be determined to handle any challenge in a way that will make you grow.

Change is difficult but often essential to survival.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Leap and grow your wings on the way down

You can't get out of life alive.

One of the most essential things you need to do for yourself is to choose a goal that is important to you. Perfection does not exist - you can always do better and you can always grow.

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

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

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

Go after what you want as if your life depended on it. Because it Does!

Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death... It's possible. Even when you have no evidence to point to.... It's possible...

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

Change your thinking. Change your life! Your thoughts create your reality. Practice positive thinking. Act the way you want to be, and soon you will be the way you act.

We have the responsibility to put our gifts to work.

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

Take action in order to move toward your goals.

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

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

Your dream was given to you. If someone else can't see it for you, that's fine, it was given to you and not them. It's your dream. Hold it. Nourish it. Cultivate it!