Quotes

“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

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

“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

“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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.” Leo Buscaglia

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

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

“We all need each other.” Leo Buscaglia

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

“Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise.” Leo Buscaglia

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

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

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

“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

“A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.” Thomas Carlyle

“He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.” Thomas Carlyle

“Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” Thomas Carlyle

“Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.” Thomas Carlyle

“A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.” Thomas Carlyle

“Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.” Thomas Carlyle

“I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.” Thomas Carlyle

“Endurance is patience concentrated.” Thomas Carlyle

“A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.” Thomas Carlyle