Les Brown Quotes

I want to be the best. The only thing holding me back is me.

The only thing standing between me and greatness is me.

For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself, there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. But there are also things — harmful attitudes, superstitions, emotions — that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.

I wrote in the 'War of Art' that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.

I think we go through our lives limiting our potential, and when times are tough, it's easy to convince ourselves that something isn't possible, but if you start there, then you limit yourself and the possibilities of what you can create.

Nobody thought that I could become a professional. I was not that good. It was really just one thing I had fun doing. But it was never realistic for me to become a professional until I became 17 or maybe 18.

I had to overcome barriers of fear, inconsistency, believing in myself as an individual, and believing in the gift and believing that this could actually happen, and this is actually what I'm supposed to do.

You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.

The biggest challenge you have is to challenge your own self doubt and your laziness. It is your self doubt and your laziness that defines and limit who you are.

Self-doubt is the greatest enemy of any new good habit.

If you'd just try, I'm sure you'd be able to fly.

Know that nothing can hinder you but yourself. If you believe you can, you can.

I claim to be no more than the average person with less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.

My teacher says that everything that you want in the world is one step away, you just have to figure out which direction to step in.

Never let life impede on your ability to manifest your dreams.

Acting as if you were what you want to become and know you can become is the way to remove self-doubt and enter your real-magic kingdom.

I never thought I'd be successful. It seems in my own mind that in everything I've undertaken I've never quite made the mark. But I've always been able to put disappointments aside. Success isn't about the end result; it's about what you learn along the way.

More often than not, the only thing between you and your dream is a rational excuse.

You can make excuses or you can make progress. You choose.

There is hope. You can do it. Start now.

The one person who most blocks you from a full, happy, and successful life is you.

I talk with the authority of failure - Ernest with the authority of success. We could never sit across the same table again.

I have a problem to do a collection that is a secondary line. I mean, you don’t want to be the stepsister. You want to be Cinderella. Show me one girl who wants to be the stepsister.

You are never stuck, unless you are choosing to stay there. You are never limited, unless you choose to limit yourself. You are never less than, unless you choose to see yourself this way. You will never fail, unless you choose failure as an option. You are powerful beyond belief!

Learn to recognize and combat the enemies of potential.