"There comes a time when you have to drop your burdens in order to fight for yourself and your dreams."
Les Brown
Motivational Speaker, Author
Les Brown is a renowned motivational speaker and author, known for his impactful messages on success and resilience.
- Born
- February 18, 1910
- Died
- January 24, 1999
- Quotes
- 176
- Rank
- #510
Quote collection
Les Brown quotes (page 6 of 9)
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"Do what you need to do, so that you can do what you want to do. Success and convenience do not go together. You have what it takes to be successful, so you have to step up your game and make room for it."
"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."
"Give yourself another chance to make your dream a reality. Don't allow a delay to become a denial. Raise the bar on yourself, increase your determination, and explode your drive. You will fail your way to success. Everything you experience can be used to grow through...not just to go through. Make your dream happen! You deserve!"
"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."
"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."
"Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory."
"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."
"NEVER let other people's opinions of you determine your destiny."
"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!"
"Fear is the most subtle and destructive of all hueman diseases. Fear kills dreams!"
"If you go through life being casual, you will end up a casualty"
"No one gets out of the game of life alive. You either die in the bleachers, or on the field. So, you might as well play out on the field, and go for it."
"If you want to keep getting what you're getting, keep doing what you're doing."
"There is nothing more powerful than a changed mind."
"I will heighten my life by helping others heighten theirs"
"Never, under any conditions allow circumstances to determine your reality."
"It's not over until I (you) win."
"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!"
"Take action in order to move toward your goals."