Leslie C. “Les” Brown (born February 17, 1945) is a motivational speaker, former Ohio politician, popular author, radio DJ, and former host of The Les Brown Show.
As a politician, he is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
As a motivational speaker, Les Brown uses the catch phrase, “It’s possible,” and teaches people to follow their dreams as he learned to do.
Read below the inspiring Quotes of Les Brown.
Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
You don’t have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.
If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.
Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
Perfection does not exist — you can always do better and you can always grow.
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand.
Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory.
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.
I will heighten my life by helping others heighten theirs.
Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.
It’s not over until you win.
Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.
The greatest revenge is massive success.
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.
Shoot for the moon and even if you miss you’ll land among the stars.
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.
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
Honor your commitments with integrity.
Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead.
Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.
You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change
You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.
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.
When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation — it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.
You don’t get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.
If you don’t program yourself, life will program you!
Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it
