Wayne Dyer was a world renowned author and speaker in the fields of personal development and spiritual growth.
In is career than spanned over 4 decades he authored over 40 books, with 21 of them being New York Times Bestsellers. He also created many audio and video programs to help people ultimately attain their deepest desires.
Although passing in 2015, Dr Wayne Dyer’s inspirational words and profound wisdom continue to echo on social media and if you have yet to consume any of his material I would highly advise that you add some of his books to your collection.
Below I’ve put together 75 of the best Wayne Dyer quotes that will not only inspire you but will give you some of his profound wisdom. Make sure you share this post with others 🙂
75 Dr Wayne Dyer Quotes
1. “You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.” – Wayne Dyer
2. “Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over & gone. The future is not guaranteed.” – Wayne Dyer
3. “How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.” – Wayne Dyer
4. “Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.” – Wayne Dyer
5. “The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it’s your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can’t package stress, touch it, or see it. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking.” – Wayne Dyer
6. “Everything is perfect in the universe – even your desire to improve it.” – Wayne Dyer
7. “Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world.” – Wayne Dyer
8. “Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.” – Wayne Dyer
9. “Don’t program yourself to break down as you age with thoughts that decline is inevitable. Time may be passing for our bodies, but because they house our ageless souls, we never need to see ourselves as old and infirm.” – Wayne Dyer
10. “Never, and I mean never, allow anyone else’s ideas of who you can or can’t become sully your dream or pollute your imagination. This is your territory, and a ‘Keep Out’ sign is a great thing to erect at all entrances to your imagination.” – Wayne Dyer
11. “The fact that you are willing to say, ‘I do not understand, and it is fine,’ is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.” – Wayne Dyer
12. “Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don’t wish to have as their reality.” – Wayne Dyer
13. “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Wayne Dyer
14. “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” – Wayne Dyer
15. “Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.” – Wayne Dyer
16. “You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.” – Wayne Dyer
17. “Begin noticing and being careful about keeping your imagination free of thoughts that you do not wish to materialize. Instead, initiate a practice of filling your creative thoughts to overflow with ideas and wishes that you fully intend to manifest. Honor your imaginings regardless of others seeing them as crazy or impossible.” – Wayne Dyer
18. “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 Dyer
19. “Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.” – Wayne Dyer
20. “Thoughts are mental energy; they’re the currency that you have to attract what you desire. Learn to stop spending that currency on thoughts you don’t want.” – Wayne Dyer
21. “It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there’s nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.” – Wayne Dyer
22. “Remember that your imagination is yours and yours alone. You have the inborn capacity to use it in any way that you choose. No one else is responsible for your imagination. Anything placed in your imagination and held there ultimately becomes your reality.” – Wayne Dyer
23. “People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.” – Wayne Dyer
24. “The more you see yourself as what you’d like to become, and act as if what you want is already there, the more you’ll activate those dormant forces that will collaborate to transform your dream into your reality.” – Wayne Dyer
25. “All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won’t succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy.” – Wayne Dyer
26. “When you’re at peace with yourself and love your self, it is virtually impossible to do things to yourself that are destructive.” – Wayne Dyer
27. “I would rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I’m not.” – Wayne Dyer
28. “If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t you will see obstacles.” – Wayne Dyer
29. “With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.” – Wayne Dyer
30. “You’ll seldom experience regret for anything that you’ve done. It is what you haven’t done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear. Do it! Develop an appreciation for the present moment. Seize every second of your life and savor it.” – Wayne Dyer
31. “You may have convinced yourself that giving is impossible because you have too little for yourself. If you are not generous when it is difficult, you will not be generous when it is easy. Generosity is a function of the heart, not the wallet.” – Wayne Dyer
32. “There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.” – Wayne Dyer
33. “You will see it when you believe it.” – Wayne Dyer
34. “Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into. There’s no scarcity of opportunity to making a living at what you love. There is only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.” – Wayne Dyer
35. “Enjoy everything in your life, but never make your happiness or success dependent on an attachment to any person, place or thing.” – Wayne Dyer
36. “Expressing gratitude for the miracles in your world is one of the best ways to make each moment of your life a special one.” – Wayne Dyer
37. “Know that, no one is capable of making you upset without your consent.” – Wayne Dyer
38. “Look into a mirror, make eye contact with yourself and say, “I love me,” as many times as possible during the day.” – Wayne Dyer
39. “Most people search for happiness outside of themselves. That’s a fundamental mistake. Happiness is something you ARE, and it comes from the way you think.” – Wayne Dyer
40. “No one can create negativity or stress within you. Only you can do that by virtue of how you process your world.” – Wayne Dyer
41. “Self-esteem comes from the self, not from acquisitions and approval.” – Wayne Dyer
42. “You create your thoughts, your thoughts create your intentions and your intentions create your reality.” – Wayne Dyer
43. “Begin with the end in mind. Start with the end outcome and work backwards to make your dream possible.” – Wayne Dyer
44. “The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of the state of your mind.” – Wayne Dyer
45. “Nothing you imagine in your mind is impossible.” – Wayne Dyer
46. “Blame is a neat little device that you can use to avoid all responsibility for something in your life. Use it, and you will avoid all risks and impede your own growth.” – Wayne Dyer
47. “Keep reminding yourself: I get what I think about, whether I want it or not.” – Wayne Dyer
48. “As you think so shall you be! Since you cannot physically experience another person, you can only experience them in your mind. Conclusion: All of the other people in your life are simply thoughts in your mind. Not physical beings to you, but thoughts. Your relationships are all in how you think about the other people of your life. Your experience of all those people is only in your mind. Your feelings about your lovers come from your thoughts. For example, they may in fact behave in ways that you find offensive. However, your relationship to them when they behave offensively is not determined by their behavior, it is determined only by how you choose to relate to that behavior. Their actions are theirs, you cannot own them, you cannot be them, you can only process them in your mind.” – Wayne Dyer
49 “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 Dyer
50. “You must become the producer, director and actor in the unfolding story of your life.” – Wayne Dyer
51. “A belief system is nothing more than a thought you’ve thought over and over again.” – Wayne Dyer
52. “There is one grand lie — that we are limited. The only limits we have are the limits we believe.” – Wayne Dyer
53. “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 Dyer
54. “Be a student. Stay open and willing to learn from everyone and anyone. Being a student means you have room for new input. When you are green you grow, when you are ripe you rot. By staying green you will avoid the curse of being an expert. When you know in your heart that every single person you encounter in your lifetime has something to teach you, you are able to utilize their offerings in a profound way.” – Wayne Dyer
55. “Wherever you are, at whatever age, you’re only a thought away from changing your life.” – Wayne Dyer
56. “Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others.” – Wayne Dyer
57. “What other people think of me is none of my business. One of the highest places you can get to is being independent of the good opinions of other people.” – Wayne Dyer
58. “We become what we think about all day long. The question is, “What do you think about?”” – Wayne Dyer
59. “Judgement means that you view the world as you are, rather than as it is.” – Wayne Dyer
60. “The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away.” – Wayne Dyer
61. “You do not fail in life, you only produce results, and you have the right to learn and grow from any results that you produce.” – Wayne Dyer
62. “You can’t discover light, by analyzing the dark.” – Wayne Dyer
63. “Our futures are formed by the thoughts we hold most often.” – Wayne Dyer
64. “Your imagination creates the inner picture that allows you to participate in the act of creation.” – Wayne Dyer
65. “Self worth cannot be verified by others. You are worthy because you say it is so. If you depend on others for your value it is other-worth.” – Wayne Dyer
66. “Everything that you want to create is already there. Your job is to connect yourself to it.” – Wayne Dyer
67. “Be willing to dream, and imagine yourself becoming all that you wish to be. Keep in mind the basic axiom — all that now exists was once imagined. It follows then that what you want to exist for you in the future must now be imagined.” – Wayne Dyer
68. “Forgiveness is the most powerful thing you can do for yourself. If you can’t learn to forgive, you can forget about achieving true success in your life.” – Wayne Dyer
69. “You get what you think about, whether you want it or not. Commit to thinking about what you want, rather than how impossible or difficult that dream may seem.” – Wayne Dyer
70. “Know that no one is capable of making you upset without your consent.” – Wayne Dyer
71. “Our greatest dreams are never out of reach, only out of belief.” – Wayne Dyer
72. “Destiny is not preordained. Destiny is ordained totally by you. Every single moment of your NOW existence is the result of your previous thought. The idea that everything is already laid out for you in advance is a hallucination. You can and do manifest your own destiny.” – Wayne Dyer
73. “Progress and growth are impossible if you always do things the way you’ve always done things.” – Wayne Dyer
74. “The opposite of courage is not so much fear as it is conformity.” – Wayne Dyer
75. “If you’re always in a hurry, always trying to get ahead of the other guy, or someone else’s performance is what motivates you, then that person is in control of you.” – Wayne Dyer
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