Les Brown Quotes

I've learned that I don't need much sleep, and that I am able to really stand up for the things that I think that are important and that there are a lot of people out there who agree with me.

Nobody will believe in you but yourself, so you have to be on your own side.

No one is going to tell me I'm too small to do whatever, to do anything. That's not up to them, and I'll never give anyone that power to say that.

I have quite a strong self-belief.

As an only child, you've got to stand up for yourself.

Decide that you know what you think is good for you and go ahead and do it.

I had to take responsibility, even if it meant saying no to an authority figure, because I was the authority on me.

I think I'm a living embodiment of, 'Don't try to push me around or squash me,' whether its how I talk to a record label or in my relationships.

I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.

When you feel powerful, you are willing to stand up for your rights, you are willing to stand up for what you believe in, you're more willing to stand up and be counted.

When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.

It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.

I just have a way about me where people know that they don't tell me what to do, they kind of just wait for me to do it.

I never allow myself to be pressured.

We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.

You kind of create your own moral universe. It's like, well, I like myself. If other people don't like me, then whatever. I'm out of here.

I had to learn not to let anyone push me around, to be brave and to say things I knew might make people mad.

I know how to stand up for myself. I say no when I want to, yes when I want to, and no one can really change my mind.

I was not going to let people tell me what I'm capable of.

I've never really allowed anyone else to tell me whether I'm good or not.

I believe in myself. I always have and I always will.

I always felt like wherever I was, I'd be successful.

I have never given others a chance to exploit me.

Some people have tried to change me and tell me what to do, but I haven't done it, and it's worked for me.

I don't allow people's outlook on me dictate what I do in my life and how I live my life.