If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness. – 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 Brown
You must think of failure and defeat as the springboards to new achievements or to the next level of accomplishment. – Les Brown
Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner. – Les Brown
Americas downgrade may serve as a wakeup call for its policymakers. It is an unambiguous and loud signal of the countrys eroding economic strength and global standing. It renders urgent the need to regain the initiative through better economic policymaking and more coherent governance. – Mohamed El-Erian