Quotes from Les Brown

A dream can be nurtured over years and years and then flourish rapidly. . . . Be patient. It will happen for you. Sooner or later, life will get weary of beating on you and holding the door shut on you, and then it will let you in and throw you a real party

Goals help you channel your energy into action.

Honor your commitments with integrity.

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.

Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.

I would rather fail at what I love than succeed at what I hate.

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." 

You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.

When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up.

I learned from my mother that there is a greatness in all of us, and that all of us are delivered to this world with a mission. 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.

No matter how bad it is...or how bad it gets...I'm going to make it.

Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.

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.

Never build a case against yourself." 

It's better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one, than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.

As you look at your life look at your goals and dreams, it's better to be prepared for an opportunity not have one than have an opportunity and not be prepared. If you expect to reach your goal prepare yourself now.

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.

To achieve something that you have never achieved before, you must become someone that you have never been before.

Never say you're having a bad day...say you're having a character building day

Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character.

You can't get out of life alive, so you may as well have a good time.

This is my decade. Nothing is going to stop me.

I know what I want in life and I will do whatever it takes to get it.

I have the power to handle whatever comes up.