Wayne Dyer Quotes

You cannot solve a problem by condemning it

We expand what we focus on.

See the Light in Others, and Treat Them as if That is All you See.

I release all feelings of worry and guilt. Throughout life, the two most futile emotions are guilt for what has been done and worry about what might be done.

You practice forgiveness for two reasons: to let others know that you no longer wish to be in a state of hostility with them and to free yourself from the self-defeating energy of resentment. Send love in some form to those you feel have wronged you and notice how much better you feel.

Throughout our history, there has been a long list of those we've been conditioned to hate. The British, French, Spanish, Germans, Japanese, Russians, Communists, Northern Koreans, Vietnamese, Iranians, Taliban, and both northerners and southerners in America are some of the people we've been encouraged at various times to call enemies and to hate. The list is long, and as time passes, those we were assigned to hate we later were told should be removed from our hate list. The enemy is obviously hatred itself. Have empathy for your assigned enemy.

While you were four, you didn't know anything other than being terrified and scared; you're not four any longer. Now [as an adult] you have to make a choice and recognize that even the abuse that came into your life offers you an opportunity to transcend it, to become a better person and even more significantly, to help someone else not go through what you did.

Upon awakening, let the words Thank You flow from your lips, for this will remind you to begin your day with gratitude and compassion.

Life is an Attitude. It's what you Choose to Believe, ALWAYS.

Feeling good is what you should be doing every day of your life.

Put All of your Energy & Attention into Visualizing ... It's then that Doors Begin to Open for You

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

You have exactly the right amount of smarts to accomplish all that you need and want to do while you're here on earth. It's all perfect...and so are you!

You will find it easier to accept contrary views, knowing that you are not defined by anything or anyone external to yourself.

You become what you think about all day long and those days eventually become your lifetime.

The moment is all there is now. All there is is now. That's what God is, too. God is only now.

When I get on the dance floor, my purpose in being on the dance floor is not to end up at another spot when the music stops. The purpose of the dance is to enjoy every step along the way.

Hit the delete button every time fear appears.

You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.

Infinite patience produces immediate results.

As William Penn put it: "Those people who are not governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." Remember... that those tyrants are often self-imposed roadblocks of your lower self at work.

The most important thing people can do is refuse to have any resistance to staying connected to their source. People resist being able to attract abundance into their lives.

You don't have to have more in order to be happy.

Everyone on this planet has spirit within them as an all powerful force for good.

The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away.

There is a big difference between thinking: I'm in a relationship and something's wrong. Therefore something must be wrong with the relationship. and thinking I'm in a relationship and we've got problems. This is evidence that you are different than me.

When you live the virtues - when you live in that place of God-consciousness - all these rules we have about cause and effect, beginnings and ends, don't have any impact or relevance.

The paradigm helps a person identify the thought system, which is almost always false, that is behind the rationale for the continuation of excuses. It helps them really look at excuses from an objective point of view and realize that everything they've been thinking is just as likely to be not true as it is to be true.

The ability to see yourself as a temporary expression of intention and to see yourself in all of humanity is a characteristic of the holy relationship. It's the ability to celebrate and honor in all others, the place where we're all one. ...establish a holy relationship with your Source, the world community, your neighbors, acquaintances, family, the animal kingdom, our planet, and yourself.

Often we use the word problem only because we have not learned that imagination and creativity can handle the situation.

Within you is the divine capacity to manifest and attract all you desire.

A woman asked me recently, "What are the blocks to my happiness?" I said, "The belief that you have blocks."

You don’t need a reason to be happy...your desire to be so is sufficient.

People treat us the way we teach them to treat us.

Change your inner thoughts to the higher frequencies of love, harmony, kindness, peace, and joy, and you'll attract more of the same.

The way that I teach now is just by listening. I listen a lot.

One of the reasons most people are not good at solving problems and manifesting or attracting into their life what they want is because their thoughts are always on what's wrong and on what's missing and on the problem.

I've been an exercise maniac most of my adult life, running marathons and triathlons, doing that as a regular way of life. I ran eight miles a day, every day for 29 years.

There are only two emotions - Fear and Love. Go with Love.

Christ wasn't teaching people to hate Jews. He was a Jew himself. He wasn't teaching people to hate anybody who didn't believe as he did.

I was asked on a radio interview what my mission is, and I immediately blurted out, "God realization." God realization is the place where in your heart you take your thoughts and ask yourself, "Are they in harmony with the source I originated from?"

When you're at peace, there's no counterfeit freedom.

As I look back at the entire tapestry of my life, I can see from the perspective of the present moment that every aspect of my life was necessary and perfect. Each step eventually led to a higher place, even though these steps often felt like obstacles or painful experiences.

When you're at peace with yourself and love your self, it is virtually impossible to do things to yourself that are destructive.

It's much easier to be at peace than it is to hate somebody. It's much easier to love somebody than to fight with them.

All your behavior results from the thoughts that precede it.

If there's a distinction between men and women, I don't pay attention to it. Honestly, I don't see it. I think all of us are part feminine and part masculine. I'm sure sociologists can come up with distinctions about what's different between men and women, but for every example you can give about what a woman does, you can come up with an opposite example of other women who don't do that. Those are more artificial distinctions, I think.

To be born again is to let the past go, and look without condemnation upon the present.