The 65 best quotes by Wayne Dyer

The author of "Your Mistaken Zones" left suggestive reflections that invite us to rethink life.

A review of Wayne Dyer's phrases that the author left us written in his works is to have material that makes us reflect on life, emotions and the way in which we relate to each other.

We are surely before one of the most influential writers in terms of self-improvement books. Wayne Walter Dyer (1940 - 2015) was a psychologist, teacher and writer of motivational and self-help books, and he used this varied knowledge to express in inspiring and simple ways ways of life that are based on well-being.

On the other hand, he is considered the father of modern self-help, as his first book Your Wrong Zoneshas a bestseller of 37 million copies sold worldwide. Dyer's foundational and inspirational basis was the concept of self-actualization first presented by Abraham Maslow.

The most famous quotes Wayne Walter Dyer

In the following lines we will see the best quotes by Wayne Dyer, perfect to rethink everything we thought we knew about life.

1. I am a realist, I expect miracles

Dyer considers being aware of what we are or are not capable of achieving.

2. You can achieve anything you really want, if you really pursue it.

This simple phrase can be very influential if we take it seriously.

3. Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

Self-esteem is the main element for self-help.. That is why it is good to enhance it.

4. You cannot be alone if you like the person you are alone with.

You have to know how to be alone. It is a symptom of personal autonomy.

5. There is no stress, just people thinking stressful thoughts.

Walter Dyer was a person who was very critical of the frenetic level of life, something that affects mental well-being.

6. You will see it when you believe it

Belief is power, that's all.

7. You are condemned to make decisions. That is the greatest paradox of life

For Dyer, any decision is complex. Not choosing is also a choice.

8. You cannot fail, you can only produce results

The concept of failure is a way of torturing self-esteem and self-fulfillment.

9. The antidote to fear is faith.

According to the American author, fear paralyzes our aspirations.

10. I would rather be hated for what I am than loved for what I am not.

One has to be convinced of what one is, not what others want.

11. If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

Everything is shaped by our subjective perception.

12. Go for the now. The future is not promised to anyone

Moments are instantaneous, not programmable.

13. When you judge others, you don't define them, you define yourself.

One of the deadly sins that disrupt self-esteem.

14. You will be treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.

Don't do to others what you don't like them to do to you.

15. Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.

According to Wayne Dyer, everything we do are choices we have made for ourselves..

16. Practice being the kind of person you would like to attract.

The people around us will be a reflection of ourselves.

17. Our intention creates our reality

It is the intention that counts, the will to want something specific.

18. You cannot always control what happens on the outside, but you can always control what happens on the inside.

For Dyer it was absurd to want to have everything under control, especially external forces.

19. There is no point in worrying about things over which you have no control because there is nothing you can do about them.

Never waste a single minute over something you have no capacity to change.

20. Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever you do, it's your choice

We choose what we want to be. One of Wayne Dyer's most motivating quotes.

21. If you think it will work, you will see opportunities. If you think it won't, you will see obstacles

As Dyer pointed out above, belief is power. Reality is projected individually.

22. If your stay on earth is so short, it should at least be a pleasant one.

Being happy will provide us with a pleasant life trajectory.

23. Self-esteem cannot be verified by others

Self-esteem has to be judged and approved by oneself. To appeal to others is a major mistake.

24. The need for the approval of others overrides one's own opinion.

Waiting for the opinion of others prevents us from advancing and forming our personality.

25. Only ghosts wallow in the past.

Do you want to be a ghost or a living person?

26. If you think that feeling bad or worrying enough will change a past or future event, you are living on another planet.

Regret is one of the scourges of self-realization, according to Dyer.

27. There are no rules or laws or traditions that can be universally applied.

Everything has to be analyzed and interpreted according to the moment, the place and the person.

28. You are what you choose to be today, not what you chose to be before.

The day to day is what matters, not the before or the after.

29. The meaning of life is to get meaning out of life.

Wayne Dyer put emphasis on objectifying what we wanted from this life.

30. Don't die with the music still in you

This phrase of Wayne Dyer refers to the restlessness that we have in our body and that makes us keep us motivated in our day to day life..

31. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed

It is the day to day only and exclusively what will make us happy.

32. The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you know nothing about.

If you don't try it, you can't have an opinion. We will miss part of our reality.

33. The catastrophe that worries you so much often turns out to be less horrible in reality.

Wayne Dyer advocated minimizing risks, which only hinder our personal growth.

There is no path to prosperity, prosperity is the path.

We must always think and act according to this maxim.

35. Only the insecure fight for security

Tough and concise reflection that awakens consciences.

36. Successful people earn money; they bring success to what they do.

Only success will bring us social welfare.

37. Transformation literally means to go beyond your form

You have to evolve, reinvent yourself and transform yourself on a personal level in order to move forward.

38. The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of the state of your mind.

What you think, will be.

39. My goal is not to be better than someone else, but to be better than I used to be.

Comparisons are detrimental to our self-help and/or self-esteem.

40. When you have a choice between being right and being nice, choose to be nice.

Being correct restricts the way we express ourselves. Good manners enhance them.

41. To be aware of routine is to take the first step to change it.

Routine is another obstacle to self-realization.

42. Live day by day with an emphasis on ethics instead of rules.

It is very common for ethics to be above rules and regulations.

43. When you are inspired, you never wonder about your purpose. You are living it

According to Dyer, motivation need not be questioned. You simply have to keep doing.

44. Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment from others.

Value judgments are nullified when we are enjoying interpersonal relationships.

45. Love is cooperation rather than competition

Sometimes we behave like pure animals to demonstrate and retain something as noble as love.

46. When I pursued money, I never had enough of it.

Money can never be the meaning of our life, according to Dyer.

47. Freedom means that you have no obstacles to live your life as you choose.

We are slaves to the constant rules and behaviors imposed by society.

48. When you dance, your purpose is to enjoy every step along the way.

A very graphic way to describe the meaning of dance, when we enjoy it.

49. There is nothing wrong with anger as long as it is used constructively.

Getting angry is not bad. Post-reflection is what matters.

50. Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune in to

Having more or less is not achieved, it is attracted.

51. A peaceful mind is stronger than any physical force in the universe.

We live in a world full of problems and difficulties..... Keeping our mind in antithesis will make us better able to overcome obstacles.

52. If you are happy, then you are an intelligent person.

For Dyer they were synonymous concepts.

53. Remember that you cannot fail to be yourself.

We must never give in to external pressures on our way of being.

54. Feelings are not simply emotions that happen to you. Feelings are reactions that you choose to have

How we think or feel is also a choice we is a choice we make unconsciously..

55. An intelligent person should be described as happy and effective on a day-to-day basis

Wayne Dyer again makes reference to what being happy means.

56. If you depend on others to value you, this valuing will be done by others.

Constant approval hurts and violates our personality.

57. It is about your life; do what you want with it

No one should condition our way of life.

58. Worry keeps you immobilized

Fear, guilt and other evils paralyze our emotions, paralyze our emotions.

59. The sum of all those "shoulds" are another wrong area

For Wayne Dyer, obligation is the first of the fatalities to freedom.

60. Demanding justice is not a negative behavior although it becomes a wrong area if you punish yourself.

We have to be conscious in the demands we make, they can be more harmful than we think.

61. It is not necessary to shed a single drop of sweat to postpone doing anything.

What can be done later, is done. It means that it is not so important.

62. What you do is the only yardstick to measure you as a person, not what you say or what they say about you.

We are what we do, not what we say.

63. In any human relationship in which two people become one, the result will always be two half-persons.

We have to remain ourselves no matter how much we converge with each other.

64. If you enjoy the way you interact with people, you don't need to change the way you interact with them.

The good, the positive, you don't have to change it.

65. It is the obligation that is the problem

For Wayne Dyer, extreme freedom is the raison d'être for self-esteem.