Top 90 Cesar Millan Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Repetition creates the master.”

— Cesar Millan

2. “You don’t always get the dog you want, but you get the dog that you need.”

— Cesar Millan

3. “Calm assertive energy is the energy you project to show your dog you are the Pack Leader. Assertive does not mean angry or aggressive. Calm-assertive means always compassionate, but quietly in control.”

— Cesar Millan

4. “Humans are the only animals who will follow unstable pack leaders.”

— Cesar Millan

5. “Change takes effort. And the reality is, most people don’t want to put in effort to better their life.”

— Cesar Millan

6. “I’m open for possibilities. I’m open for choices. I always welcome new ideas. I’m always eager to learn. I’m never going to close my mind from learning.”

— Cesar Millan

7. “Mother Nature’s ruthless to the weak, but isn’t arbitrary cruel or negative. Mother Nature saves aggression for extreme situations, and instead uses consistent leadership – to help keep things running smoothly. Mother nature doesn’t rule by fear and anger, but by calm strength and assertiveness.”

— Cesar Millan

8. “I rehabilitate dogs, I train people.”

— Cesar Millan

9. “Birth, life, death is a cycle. And they’re all beautiful, you celebrate all of them. Animals do grieve, but they move on. That’s the lesson behind animals.”

— Cesar Millan

10. “The thing about discipline is that people misunderstand the word discipline. People think discipline in the dog world is punishment. Discipline is how you achieve what you want to achieve in life. You have to be very focused, very disciplined, very consistent, very diligent. All of those things.”

— Cesar Millan

11. “Dogs don’t rationalize. They don’t hold anything against a person. They don’t see the outside of a human but the inside of a human.”

— Cesar Millan

12. “To me dogs are not the students, not the ones that need training. To me a dog is a teacher of life, who teaches us the principles of the most important moral values; honesty, integrity, loyalty, trust, respect and love.”

— Cesar Millan

13. “People say I train dogs, but in many ways I train people.”

— Cesar Millan

14. “It becomes very obvious, by reading a dog, how stable or unstable his human companion is. Our dogs are our mirrors.”

— Cesar Millan

15. “I believe in integrity. Dogs have it. Humans are sometimes lacking it.”

— Cesar Millan

16. “I am a Mexican that has been lucky enough to travel the world, speaking English, but with a heart that speaks a universal language.”

— Cesar Millan

17. “When you’re poor, you have nothing to lose and be afraid of. Holding onto the dream and having nothing to lose is what helped me succeed.”

— Cesar Millan

18. “Many dogs grow up without rules or boundaries. They need exercise, discipline and affection in that order.”

— Cesar Millan

19. “When looking to adopt a new dog, the most important thing to consider is always the energy of the dog and how the dog will fit in with your lifestyle and your family.”

— Cesar Millan

20. “There are two schools. The school where you go and open a book, and then there’s the school of life. When you learn hands-on, often you don’t understand why you do what you do and what’s the word for that action.”

— Cesar Millan

21. “Humans will always tell you the story. Dogs can only tell you the truth. Trust your instincts and listen your dog.”

— Cesar Millan

22. “The dog is a reflection of your energy, of your behavior. You have to ask, ‘What am I doing?’ That’s the right question to ask.”

— Cesar Millan

23. “The pack is very important for a dog. Once you give him the right pack and the right energy, you look at him.”

— Cesar Millan

24. “It’s important to note that aggression isn’t the problem. It’s the outcome of a problem.”

— Cesar Millan

25. “I believe a calm dog is a happy, obedient dog that won’t get into trouble.”

— Cesar Millan

26. “When a dog is balanced, you are going to enjoy a true friend.”

— Cesar Millan

27. “My kids are around pit bulls every day. In the ’70s they blamed Dobermans, in the ’80s they blamed German Shepherds, in the ’90s they blamed the Rottweiler. Now they blame the Pit Bull.”

— Cesar Millan

28. “Children are becoming disobedient why, because of the lack of rules boundaries and limitations.”

— Cesar Millan

29. “Often we blame the breed, but in my opinion, it’s not the breed, it’s the owner. The owner has to be the pack leader and provide exercise, discipline, then affection. If you do that, you’ll have a sweet, loving, and balanced dog – no matter what breed!”

— Cesar Millan

30. “No dog is too much for me to handle. I rehabilitate dogs, I train people. I am the dog whisperer.”

— Cesar Millan

31. “You cannot “love” a dog out of her bad behavior, just as you can’t “love” a criminal into stopping his crimes.”

— Cesar Millan

32. “Think about a dog’s ability to forgive. This to me is love.”

— Cesar Millan

33. “My dogs have been my most loyal friends and constant companions.”

— Cesar Millan

34. “Homeless people’s dogs are more knowledgeable than dogs in Beverly Hills. Why? Because they explore, they move forward, they go through the ups and downs in life. A dog in a wealthy environment, there is no downs except what he lives.”

— Cesar Millan

35. “Dogs experience the world as it is, without judgement. When we learn to do the same, we make the world a better place.”

— Cesar Millan

36. “Dogs in America get more affection than women in most Third World countries.”

— Cesar Millan

37. “Wolves are disciplined not only when they hunt but also when they travel, when they play, and when they eat. Nature doesn’t view discipline as a negative thing. Discipline is DNA. Discipline is survival.”

— Cesar Millan

38. “Dogs and other animals we bring into our homes serve as one of our most important links to Mother Nature. We may not think about it consciously, but they are our lifelines to a part of ourselves that we are at the brink of losing altogether.”

— Cesar Millan

39. “Bill Gates can’t control a high-level-energy dog, because his energy is very low, very calm. Very intellectual. A dog doesn’t see that as leadership.”

— Cesar Millan

40. “Through the years I’ve learned to gain the trust of humans. I’m really good at gaining the trust of animals and I have developed the same ability with humans. I don’t make people feel wrong, I just make people aware. I have learned to make people laugh.”

— Cesar Millan

41. “The more you think you have to use physical force to control life, the less you control life.”

— Cesar Millan

42. “Women can learn a lot about a guy because women, for the most part, want a guy to care about their feelings, to be a guy that is responsible. Women want to attract you, but they want you to know more how they feel. When a guy has a great relationship with a dog, it really says a lot about him.”

— Cesar Millan

43. “People who live in the now; those people make things happen.”

— Cesar Millan

44. “With a dog, people are not disciplined. They think that by spoiling a dog the dog is going to love them more. But the dog misbehaves more because they give affection at the wrong time.”

— Cesar Millan

45. “Dogs do know how comfortable you are with yourself, how happy you are, how fearful you are, and what is missing inside of you.”

— Cesar Millan

46. “I would love for the world to have a dog psychology center everywhere.”

— Cesar Millan

47. “Everybody wants a solution on how to help their dogs, but we can’t really see the problem until we reconnect ourselves to our instinctual self.”

— Cesar Millan

48. “Americans are very big about loving the dog first, so when you tell them you have to set rules and limitations, a lot of people believe it’s going to hurt their feelings. They’re actually looking for you to be the pack leader.”

— Cesar Millan

49. “Owners lavish love on their pets, which is why so many go from non-aggressive pups to being out of control when they’re older. People just don’t realise their dog must respect them as leader of the pack.”

— Cesar Millan

50. “I have always been honest with my fans, which means being open about any struggles I have had along the way.”

— Cesar Millan