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Denis Waitley Quotes


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

Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.

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

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

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.

Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.

Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.

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

Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.

Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience.

No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.

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

Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.

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

Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success.

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

Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.

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.

That which you create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Don't spend your life accumulating material objects that will only turn to dust and ashes.

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