Les Brown
Les Brown
Lester Raymond "Les" Brown, Sr. was an American clarinetist, saxophonist, big band leader and composer, best known for his nearly seven decades of work with the big band Les Brown and His Band of Renown. The Band of Renown began in the late 1930s, initially as the group Les Brown and His Blue Devils, led by Brown while he was a student at Duke University. He was the first president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Academy of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth14 March 1912
CountryUnited States of America
Les Brown quotes about
Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.
We have to live life with a sense of urgency so not a minute is wasted.
It's not over until you win
Doing great requires that we become great people, and all of us can become great people.
If life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. And if you get up, you can stand up. And if you stand up, you can fight for your dream once again. You have something special. You have GREATNESS within you!
We were all born with a certain degree of power. The key to success is discovering this innate power and using it daily to deal with whatever challenges come our way.
If it's hard, do it hard! Nobody said it would be easy.
What we do and accomplish is only the tip of the iceberg of what's possible for us.
NEVER let other people's opinions of you determine your destiny.
Change your thinking. Change your life! Your thoughts create your reality. Practice positive thinking. Act the way you want to be, and soon you will be the way you act.
We have the responsibility to put our gifts to work.
When a show fails to destroy the competition-and it can fail while attracting 20 million viewers-it is itself destroyed.
Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations.
Begin to read a book that will help you move toward your dream.