Les Brown is one of the most successful and well-known personal development speakers in the world. His Georgia Dome speech remains one of the most impressive and motivational speeches since Steve Jobs’ graduation speech.
Here you will find our collection of Les Brown Quotes that will inspire you to follow your dreams.
The greatest revenge is massive success.
– Les Brown Quotes
Les Brown Quotes
1. “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown
2. “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.” – Les Brown
3. “Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.” – Les Brown
4. “Perfection does not exist — you can always do better and you can always grow.” – Les Brown
5. “Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.” – Les Brown
6. “Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.” – Les Brown
7. “Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory.” – Les Brown
8. “You don’t have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.” – Les Brown
9. “I would rather fail at what I love than succeed at what I hate.” – Les Brown
10. “You have to know what is right for you and go after it regardless of what others say.” – Les Brown
11. “As you reach your goals, set new ones. That is how you grow and become a more powerful person.” – Les Brown
12. “Every day, we can either choose to be a victim or we can choose to live life victoriously.” – Les Brown
13. “No one will take better care of your dream than you.” – Les Brown
14. “Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” – Les Brown
15. “The greatest revenge is massive success.” – Les Brown
16. “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.” – Les Brown
17. “Our ability to handle life’s challenges is a measure of our strength of character.” – Les Brown
18. “If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness.” – Les Brown
19. “Make change a tool for your success. Let it happen, and celebrate the possibilities.” – Les Brown
20. “If you do not develop the hunger and courage to pursue your goal, you will lose your nerve and you will give up on your dream.” – Les Brown
21. “Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.” – Les Brown
22. “If you want to grow and develop yourself, embrace failure.” – Les Brown
23. “Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.” – Les Brown
24. “If you run around with 9 losers pretty soon you’ll be the 10th loser.” – Les Brown
25. “Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.” – Les Brown
26. “No one rises to low expectations.” – Les Brown
27. “Perfection does not exist — you can always do better and you can always grow.” – Les Brown
28. “Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.” – Les Brown
29. “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!” – Les Brown
30. “Don’t waste time bathing in the negative experience. Spin your energy and focus your attention on moving on.” – Les Brown
31. “Leave energy drainers alone. Don’t let them slow you down and stop your dream. Your possibilities are too important.” – Les Brown
32. “It’s better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one, than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.” – Les Brown
33. “Things may happen around you, and things may happen to you, but the only things that really count are the things that happen in you.” – Les Brown
34. “There comes a time when you have to drop your burdens in order to fight for yourself and your dreams. Many of us carry baggage from the past that hinders our ability to fight for the things we want in life, our goals, our dreams” – Les Brown
35. “That which you are looking for, you’re living with.” – Les Brown
36. “You can’t get out of life alive, so you may as well have a good time.” – Les Brown
37. “Never say you’re having a bad day…say you’re having a character building day.” – Les Brown
38. “If you’re not willing to risk you cannot grow, and if you cannot grow you cannot become your best, and if you cannot become your best, you cannot be happy.” – Les Brown
39. “To achieve something that you have never achieved before, you must become someone that you have never been before.” – Les Brown
40. “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.” – Les Brown
41. “You must give yourself love and open yourself to the possibilities of life. Whatever your dream, know that is possible to change your life and go after it.” – Les Brown
42. “If you don’t program yourself, life will program you.” – Les Brown
43. “We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance, and truly begin to live our dreams.” – Les Brown
44. “We should be ashamed to die until we’ve made some major contribution to humankind.” – Les Brown
45. “You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.” – Les Brown
46. “If you fall, fall on your back. If you can look up, you can get up.” – Les Brown
47. “Live full, die empty.” – Les Brown
48. “Everyone is born unique but most of us die copies.” – Les Brown
49. “Love yourself unconditionally, just as you love those closest to you despite their faults.” – Les Brown
50. “There is no sense in having a goal if you aren’t going to go after it.” – Les Brown
51. “It’s Not Over Until You Win.” – Les Brown
