Denis Waitley Quotes

We learn by observation, imitation and repetition.

Champions never brag, never shout, never have to go to extremes to build themselves up for others or put others down. They let their actions, deeds, and results speak for them.

SMILE! In every language, in every culture - it is the light in your window that tells people there's a caring, sharing individual inside and it's the universal code for "I'm O. K. - You're O. K., too!"

The patient person accepts a certain amount of failure knowing that it is as important a thread in the fabric of life as is success. Great individuals make great successes out of failure.

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence.

Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.

Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-image.

Virtually nothing can stop a man who has a goal clearly in sight.

The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success.

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

The easiest thing is to make sure you feel happy and satisfied in this moment. Setting long term goals is much more effort taking, but at the same time much more fulfilling.

Winners live each day as if their last. Not in the future, nor in the past, and someday . . . becomes now!

The two greatest fear busters are knowledge and action

The world is a mirror and reflects back your expectations. What you get is what you see.

Great individuals make great successes out of failure.

Make a list of your current wants and desires. Next to each, put down what benefit or payoff there would be when you achieve it. Look at this list often throughout the day and before retiring at night.

A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.

Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.

The reason so many individuals fail to achieve their goals in life is that they never really set them in the first place

Discipline is doing within, while you do without.

Identify with excellence, put your name on your work, and both your work and name will stand the test of time.

Your habits will determine your quality of life.

The stretch of the limousine usually is inversely proportional to the self esteem of the person riding in it.

The truly successful person inspires others to do more than they have thought possible for themselves.

No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have all of tomorrow. Success depends upon using it wisely by planning and setting priorities. The fact is, time is worth more than money, and by killing time we are killing our own chances for success.

Success is not a resting-place - it is a launching pad.

THE GREATEST RISK IN LIFE IS TO WAIT FOR AND DEPEND UPON OTHERS FOR YOUR OWN SECURITY.

Stop rationalizing, stop stewing. Get up out of your chair and start doing.

A passion for life is one of the most attractive qualities in a human being. If you want a teammate or a life mate who loves to be around you, all you need to do is love to be around.

Successful people believe in the validity of their own dreams and goals, even if dreams are all they have to go on.

Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.

If you have real, internal value, you don't need a loud, expensive imitation.

Losers let it happen; winners make it happen!

The confidence you need is belief in your potential. If you see world-class potential in yourself, you'll put in the effort. If you don't see the potential, you won't put in the effort and you'll wait for the performance, and the performance always follows the belief in self.

I would rather fail trying than succeed at doing nothing.

Don't tell people how to live, demonstrate by example.

Be a role model not a critic. Don't tell your children, your peers, or your subordinates what to do - show them. And when the lesson is over, keep showing them by demonstrating that your actions are part of your character, not part of their curriculum.

Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself.

Individuals with a good self esteem can accept or reject the opinions of others, but never depend on them for their sense of worthiness.

Don't wait for mentors to seek you out. Don't ever wait for your phone calls to be returned, your letters to be answered, your faxes to be responded to. Keep going out and asking question.

The single most outwardly identifiable trait demonstrated by a winning human being is that of positive self-expectation- which is pure and simple optimism.

Time changes everything, but with patience we can keep our desires relatively constant. If we can just hang on long enough, time will eventually create for us the conditions in which we can succeed.

Face up to those areas that are weak in your life and seek to make them strong.

Time is the ultimate equal opportunity employer.

It is a psychological fact that we cherish most what we have worked hardest to gain. The further we have come, the sweeter the celebration at the destination when we arrive.

Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager.

One of the wonderful aspects of the human imagination is its power to break through the barriers of time and space. It can see things not as they are but as the can be.