Quotes by Leo Buscaglia

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Friendship

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.

— Leo Buscaglia

Happiness

We all need each other.

— Leo Buscaglia

Wisdom

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Wisdom

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.

— Leo Buscaglia

Happiness

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Love

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.

— Leo Buscaglia

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.

— Leo Buscaglia

Wisdom

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Wisdom

Change is the end result of all true learning.

— Leo Buscaglia

Education

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Life

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.

— Leo Buscaglia

Love

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Love

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Happiness

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Wisdom

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Happiness

Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.

— Leo Buscaglia

Love

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Life

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Love

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Wisdom

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Wisdom

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.

— Leo Buscaglia

Wisdom

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Wisdom

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.

— Leo Buscaglia

Life