Leo Buscaglia

Leo Buscaglia

22 quotes

Known primarily as an American professor of special education, motivational speaker, author, Leo Buscaglia also happens to be one of the most quotable figures in our collection. Their reputation for "Dr lends every quote an extra layer of authority. Our collection holds 35 quotes from Leo Buscaglia, each offering a different angle on Love, Life, Time, Smile, and Learning. Consider this gem from Leo Buscaglia: "Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life."

“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

Life

All Quotes by 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

Love

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Love

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Freedom

“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

Change

“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

“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

Learning

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Happiness

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Life

“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

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Nature

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Change

“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

Death

“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

Life

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Wisdom

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Love

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Life

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Friendship

“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

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Strength

“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

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