Born on 17 February 1945 Liberty City, Miami, Florida, United States, Les Brown is a popular American motivational speaker, author and former politician. Les Brown’s most popular dialogue is “It’s Possible”! Hehas written many motivational books, the most popular of which are Live Your Dream, Law of Success, and It’s Not Over Until You Win. Les Brown’s motivational seminars are very dynamic and creative which fills the listeners with passion. Today in this post we are sharing the 55+ most inspirational thoughts/quotes of Les Brown with you to fill you with motivation.
Les Brown Quotes
- “Don’t let the negativity given to you by the world disempower you. Instead give to yourself that which empowers you.”-Les Brown
- “Everything you do and every decision you make should be from a place of good. You should always be striving to make the world a better place.”-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
- To sit on an idea or fail to act on a goal is not really goal-setting, but wishful thinking.-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
- Ask yourself if you’re one of the good people who successful people want to be around.-Les Brown
- “Act the way you want to be and soon you’ll be the way you act.”-Les Brown
- It is important to surround yourself with people who life you up, encourage you, share your vision and inspire you.-Les Brown
- Success is both very personal and relative, depending on where you would like to be in your own life.-Les Brown
- No one can continually insult you or hurt your feelings without your permission.-Les Brown
- Each of us owes someone. We all benefit by reaching out and helping others.-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
- “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
- “YOU decide what your limits are, and YOU decide your level of success. You are responsible for the time that you spend on this planet.”-Les Brown
- “YOU decide what your limits are, and YOU decide your level of success. You are responsible for the time that you spend on this planet.”-Les Brown
- “I often speak to people who wonder why they continue to fail. In many situations, they are concentrating their efforts in the wrong places period.”-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 and to strive and achieve.”-Les Brown
- “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”-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
- Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it. You can accept that you are afraid and then move on.-Les Brown
“Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.”-Les Brown
- If you have children who love and respect you, this too can be a sign of your success.-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
- “You can complain about the direction of your life all you want, but until you sit in the driver’s seat and begin to drive yourself, you aren’t going to get where you want to go!”-Les Brown
- “It’s important to me that money not be important to me.”-Les Brown
- “When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues.”-Les Brown
- Are the people around you holding you back or empowering you to move forward? If you life is going nowhere, take a look at the group of people you hang around with.-Les Brown
- We have the capacity to change, to lead meaningful and productive lives by awakening our consciousness.-Les Brown
- Dealing with life means taking advantage of each new challenge as an opportunity to learn and accomplish something new.-Les Brown
- I don’t dwell on the things that are too late to fix, but I do my best to get life’s lessons and put them into action.-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
- “One of the most essential things you need to do for yourself is to choose a goal that is important to you.”-Les Brown
- “Perfection does not exist – you can always do better and you can always grow.”-Les Brown
- “Get your ideas on paper and study them. Do not let them go to waste!”-Les Brown
- “You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.”-Les Brown
- “You don’t get in life what you want; you get in life what you are. -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
- Reading about the lives of other achievers and their impact on our world inspires me to continue to help others realize their greatness.-Les Brown
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- 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
- Without a solid, realistic and detailed plan, the goal is nothing more than a pipe dream. And without the commitment to follow through on that plan and put forth the necessary effort, the dream is nothing more than a good intention.-Les Brown
- “Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.”-Les Brown
- “Honor your commitments with integrity.”-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
- “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”-Les Brown
- Making things happen in your life requires a faith, or an ability to believe that is unshakable, regardless of your circumstances.-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
- If you allow your self-esteem to erode, your fear will eat at you; ultimately it could destroy you.-Les Brown
- Life is more meaningful when you are always looking to grow and working toward a goal.-Les Brown
- Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.-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
- Think big when you set your goals. Dare to think big and then set a series of smaller goals to get you there.-Les Brown
- Negatively charged people sit on their “buts.” Monitor your language. Listen to the way you respond to questions and situations.-Les Brown
When you don’t move on life, life moves on you.-Les Brown
- No runner ever won a race buy looking over his should and demeaning the competition.-Les Brown
- Building your feelings of self-worth is critical to overcoming your fears.-Les Brown
- Take the energy you are wasting feeling sorry for yourself and use it to help someone else.-Les Brown
