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

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Friendship

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Love

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Love

“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

Good

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Life

“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

“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

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Love

“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

Inspirational

“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

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Happiness

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Wisdom

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Strength

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

— Leo Buscaglia

God

“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

“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

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Freedom

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

— Leo Buscaglia

Life