Wayne W. Dyer Quotes & Sayings

Not being offended is a way of saying, I have control over how I'm going to feel, and I choose to feel peaceful regardless of what I observe going on. When you feel offended, you're practicing judgment. You judge someone else to be stupid, insensitive, rude, arrogant, inconsiderate, or foolish, and then you find yourself upset and offended by their conduct. What you may not realize is that when you judge another person, you do not define them. You define yourself as someone who needs to judge others. — Wayne W. Dyer

The greatest gift you were ever given is your imagination. Within it is the capacity to have all your wishes fulfilled. Look around you.
Everything that you can experience with your senses was once in someone's imagination. — Wayne W. Dyer

Think about every single person who has ever harmed you, cheated you, defrauded you, or said unkind things about you. Your experience of them is nothing more than a thought that you carry around with you. These thoughts of resentment, anger, and hatred represent slow, debilitating energies that will disempower you. If you could release them, you would know more peace. — Wayne W. Dyer

The thought that makes most people the weakest is shame, which produces humiliation. The importance of forgiving yourself cannot be stated strongly enough. If you carry around thoughts of shame about what you've done in the past, you're weakening yourself both physically and emotionally. Similarly, if you use a technique of shame and humiliation on anyone to get them to reform, you're going to create a weakened person who will never become empowered until those shameful and humiliating thoughts are removed. Removing your own thoughts of shame involves a willingness to let go, to see your past behaviors as lessons you had to learn, and to reconnect to your source through prayer and meditation. — Wayne W. Dyer

Ideas are impressed on the subconscious through the medium of feeling. No idea can be impressed on the subconscious mind until it is felt, but once felt - be it good, bad or indifferent - it must be expressed. Feeling is the one and only medium through which ideas are conveyed to the subconscious. — Wayne W. Dyer

If you meet someone whose soul is not aligned with yours, send them love and move along. — Wayne W. Dyer

Until you transcend the ego, you can do nothing but add to the insanity of the world. — Wayne W. Dyer

Our lives are greatly enriched when we immerse ourselves in literature and spiritual writing, not because we are going to be tested but purely for the sake of enrichment. — Wayne W. Dyer

Synchronicity, it is like a collaboration with fate. All of that becomes the norm when the EGO (edge God out) is no longer the driving force in your life. — Wayne W. Dyer

Have you lived 75 years, or have you lived one year 75 times? — Wayne W. Dyer

You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being
not because anybody says so, not because you're successful, not because you make a lot of money
but because you decide to believe it and for no other reason. — Wayne W. Dyer

My children to enjoy life, to value themselves, to be risk takers, to become self-reliant, to be free from stress and anxiety, to have peaceful lives, to celebrate their present moments, to experience a lifetime of wellness, to — Wayne W. Dyer

You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly. - Rumi — Wayne W. Dyer

Mentally make an effort to assess every step you're taking in all aspects of your life - including in your career, your relationships, and your health - in terms of directionality. That is, ask yourself, In which way am I truly moving? Am I getting away from my originating place, or am I returning to it? — Wayne W. Dyer

If we are told that God is love, then we shouldn't just say it in our place of worship during a ceremonial weekly religious service. We must live it. — Wayne W. Dyer

He who trust little should himself be little trusted. — Wayne W. Dyer

It's never crowded along the extra mile — Wayne W. Dyer

The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about — Wayne W. Dyer

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds. — Wayne W. Dyer

My intention is for all of my activities to be directed by Spirit. My intention is to love and radiate my love to my writing and any who might read these words. My intention is to trust in what comes through me and to be a vehicle of Spirit, judging none of it. My intention is to recognize the Spirit as my Source and to detach from my ego. My intention is to do all that I can to elevate the collective consciousness to be more closely in rapport with the Spirit of the originating supreme power of intention. — Wayne W. Dyer

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self. - ALDOUS HUXLEY — Wayne W. Dyer

If you knew who walked beside you at all times, on the path that you have chosen, you could never experience fear or doubt again. — Wayne W. Dyer

The difference between saints and the rest of us isn't that they have loving, pure beliefs and we don't; rather, they function solely from their essence, — Wayne W. Dyer

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

I have absolutley no limits on what I intent to create. — Wayne W. Dyer

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Reread that quote carefully. If you are not the master of yourself, then by this definition you are not free. You do not have to be overtly powerful and exert influence over others to be free, nor is it necessary to intimidate others, nor to try to bully people into submission in order to prove your own mastery. — Wayne W. Dyer

Whether it's your health, wealth, happiness, or any other element of your entire life experience, it is essential to keep in mind the importance of the movement of your attention. You must be obstinate and persistent in not allowing the viewpoints or information of others to alter your inner world. You know what you wish to become and what you would like to manifest for yourself. — Wayne W. Dyer

Guilt is not merely a concern with the past; it is a present-moment immobilization about a past event. And the degree of immobilization can run from mild upset to severe depression. If you are simply learning from your past, and vowing to avoid the repetition of some specific behavior, this is not guilt. You experience guilt only when you are prevented from taking action now as a result of having behaved in a certain way previously. Learning from your mistakes is healthy and a necessary part of growth. Guilt is unhealthy because you are ineffectively using up your energy in the present feeling hurt, upset and depressed about a historical happening. And it's futile as well as unhealthy. No amount of guilt can ever undo anything. — Wayne W. Dyer

If we focus on what's ugly, we attract more ugliness into our thoughts, and then into our emotions, and ultimately into our lives — Wayne W. Dyer

Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do. — Wayne W. Dyer

You can never predict how someone you love will react to another human being, but if they choose to be affectionate or loving you can only experience the immobility of jealousy if you see their decisions as having anything to do with you. That is your choice. If a partner loves another, he isn't being "unfair," he is simply being. If you label it unfair, you'll probably — Wayne W. Dyer

Focus on understanding yourself instead of blaming others. — Wayne W. Dyer

Snatch a thought from the running ribbon of thoughts and contemplate it. As you toss it around, notice how you feel - sad, depressed, happy, frightened, and so on. Every thought going by has an imprint on your concept of yourself. First be the observer, and then the contemplator. Now become the choice maker who can consciously decide to put that thought back into the running stream and pick a different one, a thought that perhaps allows you to feel better. — Wayne W. Dyer

Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you — Wayne W. Dyer

The purpose of dancing isn't to end up at a particular spot on the floor. The purpose of dancing and of life is to enjoy every moment and every step, regardless of where you are when the music ends. — Wayne W. Dyer

What was driving you was the trajectory of Well-Being. What was driving you was the understanding that you weren't born to be dependent on someone else. And you did not come to use someone else as your excuse for not being in alignment. — Wayne W. Dyer

There is just one life for each of us: our own. - Euripides — Wayne W. Dyer

When you shift to an abundance mind-set, you repeat to yourself over and over again that you're unlimited because you emanated from the inexhaustible supply of intention. As this picture solidifies, you begin to act on this attitude of unbending intent. There's no other possibility. We become what we think about, and as Emerson reminded us: "The ancestor to every action is a thought." As these thoughts of plentitude and excessive sufficiency become your way of thinking, the all-creating force to which you're always connected will begin to work with you, in harmony with your thoughts, just as it worked with you in harmony with your thoughts of scarcity. If you think you can't manifest abundance into your life, you'll see intention agreeing with you, and assisting you in the fulfillment of meager expectations! — Wayne W. Dyer

By choosing to hang on to one's corner of freedom even in the worst situations, we can process our world with the energy of appreciation and beauty, and create an opportunity to transcend our circumstances. — Wayne W. Dyer

When expectations are shattered, practice allowing that to be the way it is. Relax, let go, allow, and recognize that some of your desires are about how you think your world should be, rather than how it is in that moment. Become an astute observer ... judge less and listen more. Take time to open your mind to the — Wayne W. Dyer

If whatever follows these two words is not fully aligned with your perception of how the creative Source of the universe would be speaking, then make the correction on the spot. Say to yourself "I am the resurrection and the life in thought and feeling." According to The "I AM" Discourses of Saint Germain: "It immediately turns all the energy of your Being to the center in the brain which is the source of your Being. You cannot overestimate the Power in this Statement. There is no limit to what you can do with it. It was the Statement that Jesus used most — Wayne W. Dyer

From a clearer perspective, I can now see how my presence on that dock that resulted in my brother's rescue was instrumental in giving me the information and the confidence to become a teacher and practitioner of mind-body healing. That childhood experience helped guide us both, leading us to explore and realize the power we possess to accomplish anything that we place our attention on with love rather than fear as our anchor. — Wayne W. Dyer

When we are in fear, there is no room for love, and when we are lin love, there is no room for fear. — Wayne W. Dyer

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul. — Wayne W. Dyer

Perhaps my favorite quote on forgiveness is from Mark Twain: Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds, on the heel that has crushed it. — Wayne W. Dyer

Loving people live in a loving world.hostile people live in a hostile world.same world. — Wayne W. Dyer

For decades now I've encouraged everyone to believe that making a good living at what you love is a possibility. If you stay on purpose and are committed to following your bliss, the universal one mind will cooperate with you in bringing this to fruition. The right people will show up, the obstacles will be swept away, the necessary circumstances will materialize, and guidance will be there. — Wayne W. Dyer

When you abandon making choices, you enter the vast world of excuses. — Wayne W. Dyer

Having been exposed to a variety of religious experiences in the foster homes I lived in, being Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, or anything else means absolutely nothing to me. I have already formed an opinion that the so-called religious teachings that I've been exposed to simply make no sense. So, I've just ignored the Sunday-school message of fear and judgment and paid no attention to any of it. I see no need for all of this craziness in my life, and long ago decided not to participate in it because every time I was required to go to church I ended up feeling worse for the experience - and I want, more than anything, to feel good. — Wayne W. Dyer

In today's overpopulated world, we simply cannot continue to live with those old styles of closed-mindedness. — Wayne W. Dyer

Seek the pleasure in what you're doing, rather than in how it might ultimately benefit you. — Wayne W. Dyer

There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen. — Wayne W. Dyer

Are you willing to be sponged out, erased, cancelled, made nothing? Are you willing to be made nothing? dipped into oblivion? If not, you will never really change. — Wayne W. Dyer

Enjoying life is far superior to being graded on your performance in life. — Wayne W. Dyer

What comes out of you when you are squeezed is what is inside of you. — Wayne W. Dyer

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Tao is both named and nameless. As nameless it is the origin of all things; as named it is the Mother of 10,000 things. Ever desireless, one can see the mystery; ever desiring, one sees only the manifestations. And the mystery itself is the doorway to all understanding. — Wayne W. Dyer

You can have all visits back home be fond experiences, if you get a firm handle on your own struggle for independence from your parents. And if you model self-pride and self-worth for your children, they will in turn leave the nest with an absence of stress and turmoil for all concerned. — Wayne W. Dyer

We are not human beings in search of a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings emersed in a human experience. — Wayne W. Dyer

You don't need to be better than any one else you just need to be better than you used to be — Wayne W. Dyer

Frequently avoidance of the present leads to idealization of the future ... When an event does not live up to your expectations you can get out of the depression by idealizing again. Do not let this vicious circle become your life-style. Interrupt it now with some strategic present-moment fulfillment. — Wayne W. Dyer

The quickest method for understanding and living your purpose is to ask yourself if you're thinking in loving ways. — Wayne W. Dyer

Do the Tao Now At your next meal, practice portion control by asking yourself after several bites if you're still famished. If not, just stop and wait. If no hunger appears, call it complete. At this one meal, you'll have practiced the last sentence of the 9th verse of the Tao Te Ching: "Retire when the [eating] is done; this is the way of heaven. — Wayne W. Dyer

Present-moment living, getting in touch with your now, is at the heart of effective living. When you think about it, there really is no other moment you can live. Now is all there is, and the future is just another present moment to live when it arrives. — Wayne W. Dyer

A higher concept of yourself involves taking on new truths and shedding your old views of what you can achieve. This is the only way you can achieve your desires. — Wayne W. Dyer

I think Khalil Gibran stated it perfectly in The Prophet: Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you yet they belong not to you. — Wayne W. Dyer

Heaven is a state of mind, not a location. — Wayne W. Dyer

When you have the choice to be right, or kind, choose kind. — Wayne W. Dyer

forgiveness is a tool that's available to get us back to a God-realized life. — Wayne W. Dyer

The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of the state of your mind. — Wayne W. Dyer

Attachment to being right creates suffering. When you have a choice to be right, or to be kind, choose kind and watch your suffering disappear. — Wayne W. Dyer

Mark Twain: It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble; it's what you know for sure that just ain't so. — Wayne W. Dyer

Relax, let go, allow, and recognize that some of your desires are about how you think your world should be, rather than how it is in that moment. Become an astute observer ... judge less and listen more. — Wayne W. Dyer

You cannot manifest thin from thoughts of I hate being fat. You cannot manifest purity from I despise being an addict. You cannot manifest health from I abhor being sick. In each of the above assertions of what you dislike, you are giving of your thoughts to creating more and more of the same. Since you become what you think about all day long, once again, the solutions involve a different level of energy to any of these and similar circumstances. — Wayne W. Dyer

If you don't feel fabulous, you have deviated from the path of who-you-really-are. — Wayne W. Dyer

I observed an eighteen-year-old friend of one of our daughters talking to his mother on the telephone. As he hung up the phone in frustration he said, "She makes me so angry, she's always telling me what to think and where to go and how to do things." He was obviously upset and filled with anger. I told him he had one of two choices. He could either continue to practice being right, or practice being kind. If you insist on being right you will argue, get frustrated, angry, and your problem will persist with your mom, I explained. If you simply practice being kind, you can remind yourself that this is your mom, she's always been that way, she will very likely stay that way, but you are going to send her love instead of anger when she starts in with her routine. A simple statement of kindness such as, "That's a good point, Mom, I'll think about it," and you have a spiritual solution to your problem. — Wayne W. Dyer

The essence of greatness is the ability to choose personal fulfillment in circumstances where others choose madness. — Wayne W. Dyer

I always entertain great hopes. - Robert Frost — Wayne W. Dyer

Abraham Maslow became a towering figure in my life. He was the inspiration for me to look at psychology from a 180-degree-turnabout position. Rather than studying what was weak, infirm, or limited in clients and make an assessment based on overcoming ailments, I began looking for the highest qualities of self-actualization and encouraging clients - and ultimately readers and listeners - to seek their own innate greatness and aspire to these pinnacles. I reasoned that if some among us could be self-actualized, then so could I and anyone else who understood that it was possible. This became a major focus of my professional life and the compass I set for myself to live the principles that Maslow delineated in his writing. — Wayne W. Dyer

Without exception, I begin every day of my life with an expression of gratitude. As I look in the mirror to begin my daily ritual of shaving, I say, "Thank you, God, for life, for my body, for my family and loved ones, for this day, and for the opportunity to be of service. Thank you, thank you, thank you! — Wayne W. Dyer

I've often quoted the enigmatic writer Virginia Woolf whenever any of my eight children appear to be questioning what direction to take in their lives: "Arrange whatever pieces come your way." Such great advice. Take the pieces that show up for you, and arrange them in such a way so that you live fearlessly, and the one universal Divine mind will handle all of the details for you. — Wayne W. Dyer

When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace — Wayne W. Dyer

I am thankful to all those who said no. It's because of them, I did it myself. — Wayne W. Dyer

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. - George Bernard Shaw — Wayne W. Dyer

The antidote to fear is faith. — Wayne W. Dyer

Right now in what I am about to say or do, do my desires stem from my lower or my higher self? — Wayne W. Dyer

Release your need to feel superior by seeing the unfolding of Spirit in everyone. Don't assess others on the basis of their appearance, achievements, and possessions. It's an old saw, but nonetheless true: We are all equal in the eyes of God. — Wayne W. Dyer

Your children will see what you're all about by what you live rather than what you say. — Wayne W. Dyer

If you follow the herd, you'll end up stepping in shit. — Wayne W. Dyer

A belief system is nothing more than a thought you've thought over and over again. — Wayne W. Dyer

Writing is not something that I do. It is what I am. — Wayne W. Dyer

Quit accumulating points for being right! — Wayne W. Dyer

Resentment is like venom that continues to pour through your system, doing its poisonous damage long after being bitten by the snake. It's not the bite that kills you; it's the venom. — Wayne W. Dyer

What is clear to me today is that I must ignore the opinions and advice of others when they interfere with my own inner knowing. It is enough for me to know that I have a song, and by God, I intend to sing it. — Wayne W. Dyer

You feel good not because the world is right, but your world is right because you feel good. — Wayne W. Dyer

You create your thoughts,
your thoughts create your intentions,
and your intentions create
your reality. — Wayne W. Dyer

The greatest gift that you were ever given was the gift of your imagination. — Wayne W. Dyer

When you come to another with love in your heart, asking nothing, only offering that love, you create miraculous relationships. — Wayne W. Dyer

Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life moves. — Wayne W. Dyer

What is your passion? What stirs your soul and makes you feel like you're totally in harmony with why you showed up here in the first place? Know this for certain: Whatever it may be, you can make a living doing it and simultaneously provide a service for others. I guarantee — Wayne W. Dyer