Wayne Dyer Quotes

Life is a hailstorm of distractions. It's not the monster that stops us but the mosquito.

I know that each of us has much to do. Sometimes we feel overwhelmed by the tasks we face. But if we keep our priorities in order, we can accomplish all that we should. We can endure to the end regardless of temptations, problems, and challenges.

When I started, I decided to devote my life to it and not get sidetracked by all the other bullshit life has to offer

Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

It takes an extraordinary amount of attention to manifest any ambition. But life intervenes - distractions and obligations pull us away from the ambition we originally had.

If you believe in something, you must will it through, because everything gets in the way. Everyone tries to steer the ship off course.

Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them.

I go through life like a Karate Kid.

When something really matters, you should never give up or give in.

I understand there are bumps in the road. I understand there's a lot of noise that I don't want to listen to, and I just try to do my job to the best of my ability.

Whatever career you are in, you always have other distractions.

You just have to know yourself well enough to know what's important. And when you do that, things just don't get in your way. You don't allow them to.

My father told me never to take my foot off a ladder to kick at someone who was kicking at me. When I did that, I would no longer be climbing. While they are kicking, my father told me, I should keep stepping. They can kick only one time. If I continued to climb, they would be left behind. In trying to hurt me, to impede my progress, they would get left behind because they allowed themselves to get sidetracked from their agenda.

Sometimes on the journey, you step in dog poop. But you don't let the whole journey be about the fact that your shoe got poop on it.

Look, as my mama always said, 'One monkey don't stop no show.

I know some people say "Keep your eyes on the prize," but I disagree. When your eyes are stuck on the prize, you're going to keep stumbling and crashing into things. If you really want to get ahead, you've got to keep your eyes focused on the path.

Many a man who might walk over burning ploughshares into heaven stumbles from the path because there is gravel in his shoes.

If I stop to kick every barking dog I am not going to get where I'm going.

The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Life will get in the way. Count on it. Be prepared for it. Maintain focus and press on towards your goal.

I have learned to look upon each little hindrance as a jest and each great one as a foreshadowing of victory.

All great undertakings are achieved through mighty obstacles. Keep up the deepest mental poise. Take not even the slightest notice of what puerile creatures may be saying against you.

Don’t listen to what people tell you because they’ll try to bring you down. And don’t listen to yourself, either, because yourself will try to bring you down even more so than anyone else. As long as you just put all your energy into one thing, it can happen.

Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.