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50 Motivational Les Brown Quotes (SUCCESS)

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Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.
Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.
It has been said, most people die at age 25 and don’t get buried until they are 65. Make an effort to live your life to the fullest.
It has been said, most people die at age 25 and don’t get buried until they are 65. Make an effort to live your life to the fullest.
Don't let the negativity given to you by the world disempower you. Instead give to yourself that which empowers you.
Don’t let the negativity given to you by the world disempower you. Instead give to yourself that which empowers you.
You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.
You don’t have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.
If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present.
If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present.
Be willing to go all out, in pursuit of your dream. Ultimately it will pay off. You are more powerful than you think you are. Go for it.
Be willing to go all out, in pursuit of your dream. Ultimately it will pay off. You are more powerful than you think you are. Go for it.
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.
Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.
If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dream.
If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dream.

40 Motivational Speaker Les Brown Quotes on Forgiveness and Success (DREAMS)

“If you want to grow and develop yourself, embrace failure. If you want to become the best at what you do, you’ve got to be willing to fail, again and again. And then finally, one day, you can fail your way to greatness.”

Les Brown
The greatest revenge is massive success.
The greatest revenge is massive success.
Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory.
Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory.
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!
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!
Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.
Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.
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.
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.
Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.
Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.
The truth that will set men free, is the truth men don’t want to hear.
The truth that will set men free, is the truth men don’t want to hear.
If you fall, fall on your back. If you can look up, you can get up.
If you fall, fall on your back. If you can look up, you can get up.
If you don’t program yourself, life will program you.
If you don’t program yourself, life will program you.
It’s necessary to get the losers out of your life if you want to live your dreams.
It’s necessary to get the losers out of your life if you want to live your dreams.
Leave energy drainers alone. Don’t let them slow you down and stop your dream. Your possibilities are too important.
Leave energy drainers alone. Don’t let them slow you down and stop your dream. Your possibilities are too important.
It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams.
It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams.
Goals help you channel your energy into action.
Goals help you channel your energy into action.
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.
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.
Our ability to handle life’s challenges is a measure of our strength of character.
Our ability to handle life’s challenges is a measure of our strength of character.
There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.
There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.
Align yourself with people that you can learn from, people who want more out of life, people who are stretching and searching and seeking some higher ground in life.
Align yourself with people that you can learn from, people who want more out of life, people who are stretching and searching and seeking some higher ground in life.
Life is a fight for territory and once you stop fighting for what you want, what you don’t want will automatically take over.
Life is a fight for territory and once you stop fighting for what you want, what you don’t want will automatically take over.
Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.
Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.
When your why is big enough you will find your how.
When your why is big enough you will find your how.
You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.
You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.
Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.
Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
You have to be willing to allow the person you are today to DIE so that you can give birth to the person you are meant to become.
You have to be willing to allow the person you are today to DIE so that you can give birth to the person you are meant to become.
All of us need to grow continuously in our lives.
All of us need to grow continuously in our lives.
It's better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one, than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.
It’s better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one, than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.
Act the way you want to be and soon you’ll be the way you act.
Act the way you want to be and soon you’ll be the way you act.
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.
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.
Honor your commitments with integrity.
Honor your commitments with integrity.
As you reach your goals set new ones. That is how you grow and become a more powerful person.
As you reach your goals set new ones. That is how you grow and become a more powerful person.
You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.
You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.
Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.
Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.
The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the 'buts' you use today.
The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the ‘buts’ you use today.
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.
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.
I will heighten my life by helping others heighten theirs.
I will heighten my life by helping others heighten theirs.
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand.
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand.
You don’t get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.
You don’t get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.
Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.
Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.
You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.
You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.

Leslie Calvin Brown (Les Brown) Short Biography

Born on 17 February 1945 in Miami, Florida, United States, Leslie Calvin Brown, more commonly known as Les Brown, is a motivational speaker, former television host, and author.

Brown claimed that he was considered “educable mentally retarded” as a child. (Source) 

His career started when he found work as a radio DJ. After his termination, he ran for election in the Ohio House of Representatives. He served as a member from 1976 – 1981.

After his service, he shifted his career and became a host on PBS. In 1993 he hosted his TV show The Les Brown Show, but the show went on hiatus 4 months later.

Brown was the recipient of a Golden Gavel from the Toastmasters International in 1994 for his achievement and leadership in communication.

In 2012 Brown formed Les Brown Enterprises Inc., to support himself in his career as a motivational speaker.

Les Brown also engages with many listeners through YouTube. He has been a keynote speaker, addressing several countries with audiences of up to 80,000 people.

He works as a trainer to would-be speakers and is known as one of the world’s most renowned motivational speakers.

Brown published his self-help book Live Your Dreams in 1992.

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