This time, the quotes that I have collected to empower you is from none other than one of the world’s most renowned motivational speakers, Les Brown. Les Brown quotes focused mostly on setting your goals and pursuing them.
Leslie Calvin “Les” Brown is a motivational speaker, popular author, and highly sought-after resource in the business world. As a motivational speaker, he motivates people to set their goals in life and pursue those goals relentlessly. He is the author of the book “Live Your Dreams“, where he encourages all his readers to keep pursuing their dreams. He also advocates persistence, positivity, and living life to the fullest. He believes that success does not lie on an individual’s willingness to endure things that he or she doesn’t want. For him, success happens only when a person starts doing the things that he or she loves with passion.
Here are some of Les Brown quotes that will surely change your life:
“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
“Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.” – Les Brown
“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.” – Les Brown
“You are the only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life.” – Les Brown
“Believe that you possess a basic goodness, which is the foundation for the greatness you can ultimately achieve.” – Les Brown
“You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.” – Les Brown
“Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.” – Les Brown
“If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out of a higher level of consciousness.” – Les Brown
“As you reach your goals, set new ones. That is how you grow and become a more powerful person.” – Les Brown
“You may not accomplish every goal you set — no one does — but what really matters is having goals and going after them wholeheartedly.” – Les Brown
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.” – Les Brown
“When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.” – Les Brown
“Be determined to handle any challenge in a way that will make you grow.” – Les Brown
“Change is difficult but often essential to survival.” – Les Brown
“You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.” – Les Brown
“You don’t get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.” – Les Brown
“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown
“The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today.” – Les Brown
“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.” – Les Brown
“The things you want are always possible; it is just that the way to get them is not always apparent. The only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life is you, and that can be a considerable obstacle because you carry the baggage of insecurities and past experience.” – Les Brown
“You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.” – Les Brown
“Don’t let the negativity given to you by the world dis-empower you. Instead give to yourself that which empowers you.” – Les Brown
“Your level of belief in yourself will inevitably manifest itself in whatever you do.” – Les Brown
“Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.” – Les Brown
“The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all because someone was too afraid to take that first step, keep with the problem, or determined to carry our their dream.” ― Les Brown
“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.” ― Les Brown
“The number-one killer in this country is heart disease. And the majority of people suffer their first major heart attack on Monday morning between eight and nine. That is the time, of course, when most people are getting ready to go to jobs that they don’t like, jobs that are making them sick.” ― Les Brown
“I believe that life is a journey, often difficult and sometimes incredibly cruel, but we are well equipped for it only we tap into our talents and gifts and allow them to blossom.” ― Les Brown
“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. If you learn in this book to let go of those burdensome emotions and memories, then one of my chief objectives will be realized; you will be able to pursue and live your dreams.” ― Les Brown
“Listen to positive music, watch positive videos or movies, hang out with positive, upbeat people. The last thing a blue mood need is more blues. Don’t be volunteer victim; be a fighter.” ― Les Brown
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