Wayne Dyer Quotes

For me, a happy ending is not everything works out just right and there is a big bow, it's more coming to a place where a person has a clear vision of his or her own life in a way that enables them to kind of throw down their crutches and walk.

Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.

I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.

I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life.

My real guru are my experiences in life - the realisation that you are alone in this world came very early to me.

In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way.

I need to be allowed to make my own decisions and mistakes, take leaps - and fall - without receiving too much help, because it's what I'll be doing for the rest of my life.

More than anything, I think my connection to the sea has really helped me develop my independence and a sense of the importance and value of my own vision.

I had to find my own path, and in some ways, it's been a good thing.

She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.

The Virgin (and I'm not speaking here of a sexual virgin) is the one whose search springs from her complete independence, and everything she learns is the fruit of her ability to face challenges alone.

I 'spect I growed. Don't think nobody never made me.

But if I must be alone, I refuse to be alone as if it were something weak and distasteful, like convalescence.

You're on your own now. You are not helpless. You will find your way.

Ultimately the greatest help is self-help.

You have to live through things. You can't have other people telling you to do that and do this. It's important to live through things.

My mom raised me to never have anything control me.

I want an identity outside of my work.

Sometimes people look to others for answers they can find within themselves. I don't really want the responsibility of being the guy they look to.

The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.

I'm trying to make myself better. But I don't regret anything that I've gone through, because it makes me who I am.

A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experience.

How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived?

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward.