Home / Quotes / Quote by Les Brown

Quote by Les Brown

“Life is a fight for territory and once you stop fighting for what you want, what you don't want will automatically take over.”

Quote by Les Brown

Author

Les Brown is a renowned American motivational speaker and author. Born on February 17, 1945, he overcame a childhood of poverty to become a global authority on motivation and inspiration. His speeches are filled with passion and inspiration, captivating audiences worldwide. more

You May Also Like

“No one will take better care of your dream than you.”

Inspirational Dream Motivational Care Your Dreams

Author:Les Brown

“The time is 'now' to do something - don't drag your feet.”

Inspirational Motivational Feet Drag

Author:Les Brown

“If you run around with 9 losers pretty soon you'll be the 10th loser.”

Ifs Inspirational Motivational Running Loser

Author:Les Brown

“With a song, it only takes a couple of minutes to go back to the beginning and try it again to see if it works. The novel freaks me out because, what if you get into the eighth chapter and think, 'Let's go to the top and see if this works again? It's going to take me three weeks.' I'm in awe of that.”

Ifs Thinking Writing Trying Song Three Novel Week Minutes Couple Awe What If Songwriting Take Me Freak Chapters

Author:Ben Folds

“He who feels it, knows it more.”

Knows Feels Feelings Hands Fingers Touching

Author:Bob Marley

“I'll never let your head hit the bed without my hand behind it.”

Hands Behinds Bed

Author:John Mayer

“Music, it requires more than brawn. It requires a lot of heart. You gotta put love in there.”

Heart Performing

Author:James Brown

“Think of your child, then, not as dead, but as living; not as a flower that has withered, but as one that is transplanted, and touched by a Divine hand, is blooming in richer colors and sweeter shades than those of earth.”

Thinking Children Hands Earth Parent Loss Grief Divine Color Flower Our Children Your Children Touched Shade Think Of You Blooming Withered Parent Child Loss Of A Parent

Author:Richard Hooker

“There's a lot of craft in songwriting. The divine inspiration is when the idea comes. It may be a riff. It may be a word. It may be a phrase. It may be a title. Sometimes, in the best of both worlds, that divine inspiration extends through the whole song. I've literally sat down and written a song from beginning to end, almost complete lyrics and everything without ever stopping...in two minutes. The chorus of 'She's Gone' was like that.”

“All the characters on the album are inside me, though none are me. They are sides of me or who I was.”

Writing Character Sides Albums Songwriting

Author:David Berman