Les Brown Quotes

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

~ Les Brown

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

~ Les Brown

You can't get out of life alive, so you may as well have a good time.

~ Les Brown

You don't have to be great to get started but you have to get started to be great.

~ 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

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

~ Les Brown

Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.

~ Les Brown

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

~ Les Brown

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.

~ 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

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

~ 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

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

~ Les Brown

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.

~ Les Brown

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.

~ 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

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

~ Les Brown

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

~ Les Brown

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

~ Les Brown

Forgive those who have hurt you.

~ Les Brown

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

~ Les Brown

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

~ Les Brown

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.

~ Les Brown