Denis Waitley Quotes


Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing. Denis Waitley Risk 1,383
Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted. Denis Waitley Fitness 809
A good life is a collection of happy moments. Denis Waitley Life 344
I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet. Denis Waitley Blues 232
Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future. Denis Waitley Past 162
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. Denis Waitley Success 129
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised. Denis Waitley Expectation 121
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience. Denis Waitley Experience 119
You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler. Denis Waitley change 113
The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval. Denis Waitley Excellence 110
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes. Denis Waitley Mistakes 100
The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply. Denis Waitley Effort 95
Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success. Denis Waitley Success 91
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating. Denis Waitley Enjoyment 91
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. Denis Waitley Motivation 90
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. Denis Waitley Experience 89
You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective. Denis Waitley Value 89
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. Denis Waitley Parenting 88
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won t, you most assuredly won t. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad. Denis Waitley Belief 84
You must continue to gain expertise, but avoid thinking like an expert. Denis Waitley Learning 84
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. Denis Waitley best 82
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon. Denis Waitley Success 82
You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements. Denis Waitley Wisdom 79
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits. Denis Waitley Integrity 78
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside. Denis Waitley Smile 74
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success. Denis Waitley change 70
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. Denis Waitley Failure 69
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. Denis Waitley Success 69
You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions. Denis Waitley Assumptions 69
Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable. Denis Waitley Change 67
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. Denis Waitley Success 66
Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision. Denis Waitley Children 66
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep. Denis Waitley Integrity 65
Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life. Denis Waitley Life 65
When you are in the valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue the climb. Denis Waitley Difficulty 63
Everything that is past is either a learning experience to grow on a beautiful memory to reflect on or a motivating factor to act upon. Denis Waitley Past 63
Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience. Denis Waitley Experience 61
Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you. Denis Waitley Determination 58
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. Denis Waitley Teamwork 56
Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods. Denis Waitley Bravery 56
The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives. Denis Waitley Health 55
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do. Denis Waitley Life 55
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time. Denis Waitley Time 54
Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well. Denis Waitley Success 54
Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away. Denis Waitley Dreams 53
The essence of life is finding something you really love and then making the daily experience worthwhile. Denis Waitley Experience 50
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success. Denis Waitley Change 50
The only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never does anything. Denis Waitley Mistake 49
There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. Denis Waitley Life 49
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. Denis Waitley Beauty 49

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