Les Brown Quotes

It's good for me to do things outside my comfort zone and push myself.

I understood that I am a lot bigger than what I do, that I have a bigger potential.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

I like this idea of becoming fully realised.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

Don't go through life, grow through life.

Before you can do something you must first be something.

As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught.

We may win when we lose, if we have done what we can; for by so doing we have made real at least some part of that finished product in whose fabrication we are most concerned: ourselves.

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.

A degree of self-awareness is extremely valuable... I hope I have that going forward.

It is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

I always wanna be in the process of evolving and growing.

I think you just learn so much about yourself over the years.

Being a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.

Women need to think about where they've been, where they are, where they're going, and how they're going to get there.

I fight to embrace the entire circle of human activity to the full extent of my ability.

I can't imagine, as a human being, not being able to grow.

I don't know when I will peak and be at my best but I am learning every day and as long as I keep doing that I am happy.

Ultimately, I want people to be inspired to go on their own journey of self-discovery.

I just want to figure out me and grow within myself.

The feeling of self-discovery, for me, is perennial.