Les Brown Quotes

I want to be great, something special.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

Success is not so much what we have as it is what we are.

Be successful not just in what you do, but in who you are.

We all have the potential to be better than we are.

We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.

Winning isn't getting ahead of others. It's getting ahead of yourself.

Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can.

Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.

Dreams grow if you grow.

America loves to watch people growing and getting better.

No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities

Do you want my one-word secret of happiness -- It's growth -- mental, financial, you name it.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.

Winning and losing isn't what's important. The attempt at success and getting to your best self is what matters.

Try to be the best version of yourself.

He tries to show each person how much they are capable of achieving.

No one ever got ahead by going through the motions. You have to constantly be improving yourself. Make your life the masterpiece you want it to be.

Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves.

Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .