Leo Buscaglia Quotes: Also known as Dr. Love, Felice Leonardo Buscaglia is a timeless motivational speaker, professor, and thought-provoking American author. Graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High school, he provided his services during world ward 2 in the dental section of the military hospital and later entered the University of Southern California where he earned three degrees in a row. Leo was completely shaken by the suicide of a student which propelled him to begin a non-credit class called Love 1A for counseling that later became the basis of his first book. He wrote many best-selling books during his lifetime and died of a heart attack at his home in Nevada at the age of 74. To commemorate the bibliographical achievements of Leo Buscaglia, we have compiled the most inspirational Leo Buscaglia quotes on love, education, and friendship that will give you a peek into the magnanimity of his heart.
Leo Buscaglia Quotes on Death & Love
Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. » Leo Buscaglia
Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. » Leo F. Buscaglia
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. » Leo Buscaglia
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
A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world. » 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
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
Change is the end result of all true learning. » Leo Buscaglia
Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life. » 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
What love we’ve given, we’ll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity. » Leo Buscaglia
to love is to risk, not being loved in return. to hope is to risk pain. to try is to risk failure. but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in my life is to risk nothing. » Leo Buscaglia
Change is the end result of all true learning. » Leo Buscaglia
We all need 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
…the opposite of love is not hate — it’s apathy. It’s not giving a damn. If somebody hates me, they must “feel” something … or they couldn’t possibly hate. Therefore, there’s some way in which I can get to them. » Leo F. Buscaglia
Don’t brood. Get on with living and loving. You don’t have forever. » Leo Buscaglia
Don’t hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love. » Leo Buscaglia
If you’re an advocate of gentleness, you’re simplistic and naive. If you’re an advocate of despair and hate, you’re sophisticated. » Leo Buscaglia
Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don’t over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness. » Leo F. 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
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
Don’t walk in my head with your dirty feet. » 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
Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life. » Leo Buscaglia
I got the copyright for love! » Leo Buscaglia
Don’t smother each other. No one can grow in the shade. » Leo Buscaglia
The hardest battle you are ever going to have to fight is the battle to be just you. » Leo Buscaglia
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. » Leo Buscaglia
All of my youth growing up in my Italian family was focused around the table. That’s where I learned about love. » Leo Buscaglia
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. » Leo Buscaglia
If you don’t like the scene you’re in, if you’re unhappy, if you’re lonely, if you don’t feel that things are happening, change your scene. Paint a new backdrop. » Leo Buscaglia
If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails. » Leo Buscaglia
Our talents are the gift that God gives to us… What we make of our talents is our gift back to God » Leo Buscaglia
I’ve spoken in every state in the union, meeting and hugging the people who later bought my books. I spoke to anybody who wanted to hear me, including 1,000 nuns who could pay me only with homemade bread. » Leo Buscaglia
Life is a paradise for those who love many things with a passion. » Leo Buscaglia
Food is celebratory. People who don’t cook don’t know how much fun they’re missing. » Leo Buscaglia
Don’t spend your precious time asking “Why isn’t the world a better place?” It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is “How can I make it better?” To that there is an answer. » Leo Buscaglia
The way to anybody’s heart is through a thoughtfully-prepared, beautifully-executed, lovingly-presented meal. » Leo Buscaglia
Those who think they know it all have no way of finding out they don’t.. » Leo Buscaglia
The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and children see their parents reading them. » Leo Buscaglia
You are the only you … You are the best you. You will always be the second best anyone else. » Leo Buscaglia
Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time. » Leo Buscaglia
Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. » Leo Buscaglia
Change. It has the power to uplift, to heal, to stimulate, surprise, open new doors, bring fresh experience and create excitement in life. » Leo Buscaglia
Most of us remain strangers to ourselves, hiding who we are, and ask other strangers, hiding who they are, to love us. » Leo Buscaglia
Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating! » Leo Buscaglia
The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new. » Leo F. Buscaglia
Live nutty. Just occasionally. Just once in a while. And see what happens. It brightens up the day. » Leo Buscaglia
Love is not a thing, it is not lost when given. You can offer your love completely to hundreds of people and still retain the same love you had originally. » Leo Buscaglia
Nine times out of ten, when you extend your arms to someone, they will step in, because basically they need precisely what you need. » Leo Buscaglia
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
Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life. » Leo Buscaglia
Time has no meaning in itself unless we choose to give it significance. » Leo Buscaglia
Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose. » Leo Buscaglia
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
Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating! » Leo Buscaglia
We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces – we become the powerful force ourselves. » Leo Buscaglia
Live now. When you are eating, eat. When you are loving, love. when you are talking with someone, talk. When you are looking at a flower, look. Catch the beauty of the moment! » Leo Buscaglia
If I don’t have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance. » Leo Buscaglia
After all, the wrong is done. It is past and cannot be changed. We have only the present and the future upon which to move forward. » Leo Buscaglia
Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie’s man’s only promise. » Leo Buscaglia
To try is to risk failure. But risk must be taken because the greatest hazard of life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, live, and love. » Leo Buscaglia
It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. » Leo Buscaglia
People are not here to meet your expectations. » Leo Buscaglia
What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life. » Leo Buscaglia
Choose the way of life. Choose the way of love. Choose the way of caring. Choose the way of goodness. It’s up to you. It’s your choice. » Leo Buscaglia
When we cling to pain, we end up punishing ourselves. » Leo Buscaglia
Happiness and love are just a choice away. » Leo Buscaglia
Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness. » Leo Buscaglia
Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness. » Leo Buscaglia
Definition of a relationship – an enduring, mutually-agreed upon connection or union, which fulfills certain needs of the individuals involved and the society in which they live. » Leo Buscaglia
Perfect love is rare indeed – for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, the sensitivity of the artist, the understanding of the philosopher, the acceptance of the saint, the tolerance of the scholar and the fortitude of the certain. » Leo Buscaglia
It is when we ask for love less and begin giving it more that the basis of human love is revealed to us. » Leo Buscaglia
We treat our encounters with them with carefree casualness. We are certain that our relationships will naturally take care of themselves. » Leo Buscaglia
When man has love he is no longer at the mercy of forces greater than himself, for he, himself, becomes the powerful force » Leo Buscaglia
A life of love is one of continual growth, where the doors and windows of experience are always open to the wonder and magic that life offers. To love is to risk living fully. » Leo Buscaglia
This loving person is a person who abhors waste—waste of time, waste of human potential. How much time we waste. As if we were going to live forever. » Leo Buscaglia
Value yourself. The only people who appreciate a doormat are people with dirty shoes. » Leo Buscaglia
Love, it seems, fits perfectly into no one of these molds for it may be all at once; a state of ecstasy, a state of joy, a state of disillusionment, a rational state or an irrational state » Leo Buscaglia