Leo Buscaglia Biography | Inspiration Quotations | Motivation Quotes

Leo Buscaglia Motivational Quotations:

• “A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.”

• “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.”

•  “Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.”

• “Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.”

•  “Change is the end result of all true learning.”

•  “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.”

•  “Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.”

•  “The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and  children see their parents reading them.”

•  “Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.”

•  “Hugs make you feel psychologically more secure and together.”

•  “Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.”

•  “Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love.”

•  “Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever.”

•  “Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.”

•  “Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lies man's only promise.”

•  “Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.”

•  “I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.”

•  “We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.”

•  “I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.”

•  “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.”

•  “The minute we stop learning, we begin death, the process of dying. We learn from each other with every action we perform. We are teaching goodness or evil every time we step out of the house and into the street.”

•  “What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.”

•  “I have been a teacher myself all my life. I have an intense passion to share with people. Our only salvation is in knowledge, in learning.”

  

   

• “Food is celebratory. People who don't cook don't know how much fun they're missing.”

•  “If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.”

•  “All of my youth growing up in my Italian family was focused around the table. That's where I learned about love.”

•  “I got the copyright for love!”

•  “I've learned that you learn best by modeling. If you want people to learn, do it!”

•  “I was lucky to have such a loving, crazy family. I learned to give and share.”

•  “My mother made soft polenta often, and as a child, I would watch her stir until she looked like her arm would fall off.”

•  “What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.”

•  “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.”

•  “Biologically and physiologically, we are not equal. Some of us learn better at different times of day. Some learn best visually, some auditorially, some tactilely, by touching.”

•  “You can be a follower of Muhammad or Jesus or Buddha or whomever. Always, they said that the most essential factor is to love your neighbor. And to love you.”

•  “I am a teacher. And I think I am a serious one who happens to be enjoying life.”

•  “The way to anybody's heart is through a thoughtfully-prepared, beautifully-executed, lovingly-presented meal.”

•  “If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.”

•  “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.”

•  “What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.”

•  “My mother made soft polenta often, and as a child, I would watch her stir until she looked like her arm would fall off.”

•  “I was lucky to have such a loving, crazy family. I learned to give and share.”

•  “I've learned that you learn best by modeling. If you want people to learn, do it!”