Denis Waitley Quotes

Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.

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.

Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.

The essence of life is finding something you really love and then making the daily experience worthwhile.

There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.

One person's ceiling is another person's floor.

Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.

It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.

Imagination plus innovation equals realization.

Positive self-direction is the action plan that all winners in life use to turn imagination into reality, fantasy into fact, and dreams into actual goals.

What you leave in your children, is more important than what you leave to them

Contentment is for cows; a challenging purpose is for people.

You are your own scriptwriter and the play is never finished, no matter what your age or position in life.

You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.

You are an uncut gemstone of priceless value. Cut and polish your potential with knowledge, skills and service and you will be in great demand throughout your life.

Most people spend their entire lives on a fantasy island called 'Someday I'll.'

To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

The real champions in life are so humble and gracious. They just continue doing what they do without all the posturing. If you've got the real thing, you don't have to flaunt a loud imitation.

You become that to which you are most exposed.

View life as a continuous learning experience.

You must feel love within, before you can share it.

Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.

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.

No gift can ever replace the value of being there in person.

Make certain that your goals are not measured in comparison with others.

Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.

Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy.

It's not so much what the job gives you, it's what you give to the job.

Listening without bias or distraction is the greatest value you can pay another person.

By staying focused and flexible, you will meet and exceed your major life-forming goals. Success is not a resting-place - it is a launching pad

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence.

Most people rust out due to lack of challenge. Few people rust out due to overuse.

Time is the most precious element of human existence.

The real risk is doing nothing.

You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization.

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.

Time is the most precious element of human existence. The successful person knows how to put energy into time and how to draw success from time.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned or worn.

The most important three words you can say to yourself: Yes I can!

You know you're a success when people tell you, “I like me best when I'm with you.”

The primary success factor is knowing how to learn from others and rely on yourself.

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

The trouble with most of us is that we stop trying in trying times.

Losers let it happen; winners make it happen!

One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project.

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.

Persistence means giving full concentration to whatever you are doing right now. ... Persistence is success through trial, error, resetting your goals, and moving toward the target.

Stop stewing and start doing!

The two greatest fear busters are knowledge and action

Real power comes by empowering others.