If you want to learn to love, then you must start the process of finding out what it is, what qualities make up a loving person and how these are developed. Each person has the potential for love. But potential is never realized without work. Leo Buscaglia More Quotes by Leo Buscaglia More Quotes From Leo Buscaglia The only thing of value we can give kids is what we are, not what we have. Leo Buscaglia valuesgivingkids My rule is always, People first and things second. Leo Buscaglia peoplefirsts Success often lies just the other side of failure. Leo Buscaglia success-and-failuresideslying The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new. Leo Buscaglia unfortunate-thingslimitstrying Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise. Leo Buscaglia lovemenlying Like any other living, growing thing, love requires effort to keep it healthy. Leo Buscaglia efforthealthylove-you There are many miracles in the world to be celebrated and, for me, garlic is the most deserving. Leo Buscaglia miraclecookingfood One does not fall "in" or "out" of love. One grows in love. Leo Buscaglia inspiringlovefall Assume that people are good until you actually and specifically learn differently. And even then, know that they have potential for change and that you can help them out. Leo Buscaglia assuminghelpingpeople In the end you have only you. Leo Buscaglia endsinspirational Celebrate your humanness, celebrate your craziness, celebrate your inadequacies, celebrate your loneliness ... but celebrate YOU! Leo Buscaglia crazinesscelebrateloneliness If you don't like the scene you're in, if you're unhappy, if you're lonely, if you don't feel that things are happening, change your scene. Paint a new backdrop. Leo Buscaglia paintlonelyunhappy There is a good deal of excellent research on child's play. It has shown conclusively that through play, with the freedom of action it allows and the stressless environment in which it occurs, children discover, relate to and define themselves and their world. ...It is, therefore, paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play. Leo Buscaglia parentplaychildren Your talent is God's gift to you. Leo Buscaglia gifts-and-talentsgodinspirational When we cling to pain, we end up punishing ourselves. Leo Buscaglia painends To love others you must love yourself...You can only give to others what you have yourself. Leo Buscaglia love-yourselflove-yougiving Love is spontaneous and craves expression through joy, through beauty, through truth, even through tears. Love lives the moment; it's neither lost in yesteryear nor does it crave for tomorrow. Love is NOW! Leo Buscaglia love-lifeexpressionlove-is We need to learn to let go as easily as we grasp and we will find our hands full and our minds empty. Leo Buscaglia mindletting-gohands Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness." -Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998) Leo Buscaglia processeducationhelping Love requires that we overcome the traditional and self-defeating fears that place distance between ourselves and others. Leo Buscaglia distanceselfovercoming