Wayne Dyer Quotes

Those who are willing to sacrifice and be of service have very little difficulty with people. They know what they are all about. People can't help but want to be near them. They help them; they work with them. That's what love is all about. It starts with your heart and radiates out.

We love most those who we serve most.

It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'

When we stop thinking about ourselves, when we stop being so devoted to 'me,' we can start behaving in a way that actually benefits others!

We must want for others, not ourselves alone.

Altruism is a barbarism. Love is the word.

Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again.

Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself.

The most sublime act is to set another before you.

I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.

Improv requires one thing I lack that I think most mothers need - the basic instinct to put someone else first.

If we live a self-directed, self-motivated, self-centered life, always needing to get our own way, then we're going to be miserable. In fact, many times we believe it's our problems that are making us unhappy when, in reality, it's because we're focused on ourselves!

I always put myself second - I like to make others happy.

I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being.

We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people.

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

One who has no love in his heart will try to possess everything for himself. One who has love in his heart is ready to sacrifice everything, including his own body, for the benefit of others.

The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.

The most important thing is you have to want to do something for somebody other than yourself.

Heroes are people who think more of others than themselves. This is not to say that they don't think of themselves. They do. They certainly do. But they think of others more.

It's always easier to sacrifice when you're not the one who has to do it.

I'd say most definitely with my faith, there's no room for me with it. It's always about other people. It's always about loving on other people and giving praise where praise is due.

The key lesson for me: Don't make this life about you. It's about other people.

A happy life is a life for others.