Quotes by Waitley, Denis

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

Waitley, Denis on desire
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"Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you."

Waitley, Denis on determination   

"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."

Waitley, Denis on dream
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"We've got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true."

Waitley, Denis on dream
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"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."

Waitley, Denis on effort
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"The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply."

Waitley, Denis on effort
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"Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating."

Waitley, Denis on joy
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"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."

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"Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art -- an individual masterpiece."

Waitley, Denis on excellence
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"The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval."

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

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

Waitley, Denis on expectation   

"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."

Waitley, Denis on failure
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"Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success."

Waitley, Denis on failure
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"There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons."

Waitley, Denis on failure
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"Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success."

Waitley, Denis on fulfillment   

"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."

Waitley, Denis on goals   

"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."

Waitley, Denis on happiness   

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

Waitley, Denis on happiness
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"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude."

Waitley, Denis on happiness
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"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."

Waitley, Denis on health   

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

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"Understand that you, yourself, are no more than the composite picture of all your thoughts and actions. In your relationships with others, remember the basic and critically important rule: If you want to be loved, be lovable. If you want respect, set a respectable example!"

Waitley, Denis on imagination   

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

Waitley, Denis on imagination
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"Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep."

Waitley, Denis on integrity
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"You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits."

Waitley, Denis on integrity   

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

Waitley, Denis on integrity
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"All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners... Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they're not learning, they're not growing... not moving toward excellence."

Waitley, Denis on learning   

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

Waitley, Denis on learning   

"You must continue to gain expertise, but avoid thinking like an expert."

Waitley, Denis on learning   

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

Waitley, Denis on life   

"Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer."

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

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

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"Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time."

Waitley, Denis on money   

"you must get money to chase you, but never let it catch up."

Waitley, Denis on money   

"When you are in the valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue the climb."

Waitley, Denis on obstacles
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"The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence."

Waitley, Denis on parents and parenting
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"Chase your passion, not your pension."

Waitley, Denis on passion
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"Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future."

Waitley, Denis on past
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