Wayne Dyer Quotes

I hope my books empower kids, and that they learn how to work out their problems themselves.

I've often said that the most important thing you can give your children is wings. Because, you're not gonna always be able to bring food to the nest. You're... sometimes... they're gonna have to be able to fly by themselves.

I'm not here to - as a parent, I believe we are specifically here to help our children mature in the way that they can take on their own lives. I'm not here to live their lives for them. That's not my job.

I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.

My parents let me find my way and that's how they supported me the entire way.

A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence.

When Marcus Garvey spoke about self-reliance, he wasn't only talking about people of colour. It's like self-reliance in general, for anyone. Just keep moving and moving within the right direction, and everything will be all right.

I grew up with just my mom. She and I were like best friends. She's a very independent woman and I admire that about her. In my life, I've tried to be like that. To be okay with being on my own and being independent.

Our aim is to help the clients help themselves, not to tell them what to think.

Grow up and let anyone try to contend with the adult you.

My own eight children all march to the beat of their inner music, and in some cases, it is definitely far away from what I hear. I've had to honor their instincts and their choices, and merely guided them out of harm's way until they could be their own guides.

In America we tell our parents to bring their child home and put him or her in a crib; as they get older, children sleep in they own room not in Mom and Dad's room. What are we training them for? It's independence, because that's what being empowered is all about.

When we protect children from every possible source of danger, we also prevent them from having the kinds of experiences that develop their sense of self-reliance, their ability to assess and mitigate risk, and their sense of accomplishment.

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.

Hero shows you how to solve the problem - yourself.

You hear these yummy mummies talk about being the best possible mother, and they put all their effort into their children. I also want to be the best possible mother, but I know that my job as a mother includes bringing my children up so, actually, they can live without me.

The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.

To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.

I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly.

I want my girls to be strong and self-sufficient.

Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.

I've learnt to take care of myself.

It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'

You want to create your own path, no matter what situation you're in.

I better know how to take care of myself.