Les Brown Quotes

It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets.

When I wake up, I don't worry about why the mountain is there. I just start climbing.

Use what you have to run toward your best - that's how I now live my life.

Just because the road ahead is long, is no reason to slow down. Just because there is much work to be done, is no reason to get discouraged. It is a reason to get started, to grow, to find new ways, to reach within yourself and discover strength, commitment, and determination. The road ahead is long and difficult, but it’s filled with opportunity. Start what needs starting. Finish what needs finishing. Get on the road. Stay on the road. Don’t give up.

Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.

Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

I think there are always going to be things that you're going to want to do. It's about picking yourself back up and starting again.

Forget if you are rich or poor. All you need is faith in yourself. If you have the passion to work then just get up and set forth and you will find the way!

The people who put you down don't have to stop you from chasing your dreams. Stand up, and prove them wrong.

You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.

I love challenges.

I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.

I'm satisfied and proud of the things I did - even the bumps and the bruises that I've had on the way. You fall down, you get up, you brush yourself off and you keep going. And that's what we're doing.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

We cannot look backwards. What we have to do is raise our heads, look forward, roll up our sleeves and work.

Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.

I like challenges. I think that's important.

If there's something that you're passionate about, don't let other people take that passion away from you. If they tell you it's something you can't do, most likely you can do it, so don't give up.

You don't have to let a bad experience stop you from doing what you want to do.

Determination Over Negativity is a belief that anything is possible no matter who you are or where you come from.

The ramifications that you set for yourself can inspire you to do things that you would have never thought of because, once you're trapped, your job is to persevere.

I've really tried everything in my power to get my life together.

I will not walk backward in life.

Look forward to where you want to be and spend no time complaining about where you are.

At the end of the day, the only thing I can do is keep working on it, keep giving myself chances, and it's going to happen.