Quotes by Leo Buscaglia

• Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
• Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.
• Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.
• The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.
• The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.
• Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
• We all need each other.
• We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.
• Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.
• What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.
• Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
• Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
• Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever.
• What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.
• Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.
• Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.
• Change is the end result of all true learning.
• A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
• Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love.
• I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving and then you do it.
• I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.
• I've always thought that people need to feel good about themselves and I see my role as offering support to them, to provide some light along the way.
• Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise.
• If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.
• It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.
• Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.
• If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.
• Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
• Success is often the byproduct of falling asleep on the last errand and waking up at the finish line.
• Success is like a bicycle; to keep your balance, you must keep moving—even when you have no idea where you're going!
• Happiness is not a goal; it's a by-product of a life well-lived and surprises diligently sought.
• Success is like a fragrant cheese—it develops over time and might even stink a little, but it’s definitely worth savoring.