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Quotes from Les Brown

Shoot for the moon, because even if you miss you miss, you'll land in the stars.
~ Les Brown
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.
~ 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
Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.
~ Les Brown
Perfection does not exist -- you can always do better and you can always grow.
~ Les Brown
I will heighten my life by helping others heighten theirs
~ Les Brown
No one rises to low expectations
~ 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
It is better to aim high and miss than to aim low and hit.
~ Les Brown
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand.
~ Les Brown
It's not over until you win
~ Les Brown
You don't have to be great to get started but you have to get started to be great.
~ Les Brown
Live full, die empty
~ Les Brown
Make sure when you fall you land on your back if you can see you can get up.
~ Les Brown
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.
~ Les Brown
you don't have to be great to get started but you have to to get started to be great
~ Les Brown
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living out fears.
~ Les Brown
When you are not pursuing your goal, you are literally committing spiritual suicide.
~ Les Brown
Life is a fight for territory and once you stop fighting for what you want, what you don't want will automatically take over.
~ Les Brown
If you go through life being casual, you will end up a casualty
~ Les Brown
No one gets out of the game of life alive. You either die in the bleachers, or on the field. So, you might as well play out on the field, and go for it.
~ Les Brown
I will heighten my life by helping others heighten theirs
~ Les Brown
You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.
~ Les Brown
In the end, it is the person you become, not the things you have achieved, that is the most important.
~ Les Brown