Les Brown Quotes

Don't set your goals too low. If you don't need much, you won't become much.

Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

Not failure, but low aim, is the crime.

I think no matter who you are or what you do in life, you should set the bar high, that way, when you do obtain those things, you can say, I did this, but if you didn't get it, you can look an see what you needed to do to get there.

Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation.

Did I win? Did I lose? Those are the wrong questions. The correct question is: Did I make my best effort?” If so, he says, “You may be outscored but you will never lose.

It's my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out.

Think back 5 yrs ago. Think of where you're at today. Think ahead 5 yrs and what you want to accomplish. Be Unstoppable.

Your ability will grow to match your dreams.

Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.

High expectations are the key to everything.

If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough.

Wanting more majors, wanting more wins, almost feels like I think I'm being too greedy.

I have a whole, you know, pocket full of dreams I want to achieve. I don't know in which order they're going to fall.

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

You all have the potential to be what you wanna be.

If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged.

To be honest, I still feel like I haven't scratched the surface of where I want to be. If someone asked me for an autograph, I'd be like, 'Me? I haven't done anything yet !' I have much more to offer the world.

I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

Fear of failure has always been my best motivator.

If you succeed at most of your activities, your goals are set much too low.