More from Les Brown
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
Les BrownLes Brown There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.
Les BrownLes Brown Don’t confuse who you are with the results that you produce.
Les BrownLes Brown In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.
Les BrownLes Brown If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present.
Les BrownLes Brown Decisions can be a major challenge for all of us.
Les BrownLes Brown Just because Fate doesn’t deal you the right cards, it doesn’t mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.
Les BrownLes Brown To achieve something you have never achieved before you must become someone you have never been.
Les BrownLes Brown You were born to win.
Les BrownLes Brown You are the only real obstacle in your path to fulfilling it.
Les BrownLes Brown Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.
Les BrownLes Brown Anything worth doing is worth doing well.
Les BrownLes Brown You were created on purpose for a purpose. There is a thirst and hunger in your heart that is real. Pay attention to it.
Les BrownLes Brown Too many of us are taking our dreams to our graves. Songs that were never sung. Poems never written. Businesses never started. Relationships never formed. Books never written. Dreams never lived.
Les BrownLes Brown Someone’s opinion of you doesn’t have to become your reality!
Les BrownLes Brown A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand.
Les BrownLes Brown
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From our community writers
Forgiveness comes after understanding & understanding comes after acceptance.
Tom MetcafeTom Metcafe Someday your pen will write a revolution. Until then, write your pain.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya Time is precious. So are the people in your life. So love and be loved. Because tomorrow is never promised.
Jenny AJenny A Thank you for still being there for yourself. For being strong. For being resilient. Keep going.
Yohan AcostaYohan Acosta There will never be a day, I am not thankful for the fire you brought to my life that still warms me to the bones.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You could have shook my whole world luckily I became aware, and I took a turn.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers Be strong enough to bloom even in the storm.
Safna SulaimanSafna Sulaiman There is magic in the minuscule.
Holly DuxburyHolly Duxbury
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More on accomplishment
Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy If we think long term, we can accomplish things that we couldn’t otherwise accomplish.
Jeff BezozJeff Bezoz Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi The best way to win was to not need to win. The best performances are accomplished when you are relaxed and free of doubt.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamA. P. J. Abdul Kalam If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.
Les BrownLes Brown As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine
Nikola TeslaNikola Tesla Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Jim RohnJim Rohn