Les Brown Quotes
Browse 130 quotes from Les Brown, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.”
“Always strive to get on top in life, because it's the bottom that's overcrowded.”
“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.”
“It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams.”
“Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.”
“No one rises to low expectations.”
“Goals help you channel your energy into action.”
“Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.”
“Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.”
“Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations.”
“Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.”
“As you reach your goals, set new ones. That is how you grow and become a more powerful person.”
“You may not accomplish every goal you set - no one does - but what really matters is having goals and going after them wholeheartedly.”
“You were created on purpose for a purpose. There is a thirst and hunger in your heart that is real. Pay attention to it.”
“The gifts we are given in life require the best of us, not merely our best intentions.”
“We have the responsibility to put our gifts to work.”
“If you are not excited about your own dream, how can you expect anybody else to be?”
“When your why is big enough you will find your how.”
“Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it.”
“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.”
“You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.”
“Want shows up in conversation. Expectation shows up in behavior.”
“You will win if you don’t quit.”
“No one will take better care of your dream than you.”
“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.”
“Go after what you want as if your life depended on it. Because it does!”
“A lot of people become discouraged too soon. The name of the game is, you’ve got to be relentless.”
“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.”
“When it comes to success, it will come when it comes. A delay does not mean a denial.”
“The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today.”
“There is nothing more powerful than a changed mind.”
“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 want to begin to alter your circumstance and alter your life, it’s very important that you begin to change your attitude about yourself.”
“Don’t let the negativity given to you by the world dis-empower you. Instead give to yourself that which empowers you.”
“The best gifts are those we not only cherish but put to use.”
“If you go through life being casual, you will end up a casualty.”
“Do what you need to do, so that you can do what you want to do. Success and convenience do not go together.”
“Whatever you accomplish in life is a manifestation not as much of what you do, as of what you believe you deserve.”
“There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have not yet learned how to win.”
“Sometimes you’ve got to believe in someone else’s belief in you until your belief kicks in.”
“Whatever you accomplish in life is a manifestation not as much of what you do, as of what you believe you deserve.”
“Your level of belief in yourself will inevitably manifest itself in whatever you do.”
“Believe that you possess a basic goodness, which is the foundation for the greatness you can ultimately achieve.”
“I can’t control what life hands me. What I can control is how I handle it.”
“If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present.”
“It’s hard to see the whole picture when you are in the frame.”
“Don’t confuse who you are with the results that you produce.”
“You are the only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life.”
“In the end, it is the person you become, not the things you have achieved, that is the most important.”
“You don’t get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.”
