Denis Waitley Quotes

“You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.”

“As long as we are persistent in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow.”

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

“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.”

“It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.”

“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.”

“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker.”

“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.”

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

“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.”

“Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time, and energy needed to develop yourself.”

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

“A life lived with integrity, even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune, is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.”

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

“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”

“When you visualize, then you materialize. If you've been there in the mind, you'll go there in the body.”

“A failure is like fertilizer; it stinks to be sure, but it makes things grow faster in the future.”