Quotes by Les Brown


Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
– Les Brown

Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality.
– Les Brown
All of us need to grow continuously in our lives.
– Les Brown
Honor your commitments with integrity.
– Les Brown
If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.
– Les Brown
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.
– Les Brown
Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
– Les Brown
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
– Les Brown
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
– Les Brown
Unlike productions in the other arts, all television shows are born to destroy two other shows.
– Les Brown
We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.
– Les Brown
When a show fails to destroy the competition-and it can fail while attracting 20 million viewers-it is itself destroyed.
– Les Brown
Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.
– Les Brown
Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.
– Les Brown
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.
– Les Brown
You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.
– 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
It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams.
– Les Brown
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.
– Les Brown
Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.
– Les Brown
Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.
– Les Brown
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
– Les Brown
A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.
– Les Brown