Quotes by Waitley, Denis

"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."

Waitley, Denis on perseverance
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"Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself."

Waitley, Denis on planning   

"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."

Waitley, Denis on attitude   

"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."

Waitley, Denis on present   

"Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy."

Waitley, Denis on procrastination
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"Winners are people with definite purpose in life."

Waitley, Denis on purpose   

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

Waitley, Denis on responsibility   

"You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements."

Waitley, Denis on responsibility   

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

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

Waitley, Denis on self-esteem
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"Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-image."

Waitley, Denis on self-image
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"A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside."

Waitley, Denis on smile
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"Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well."

Waitley, Denis on success   

"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."

Waitley, Denis on belief
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"You must understand that seeing is believing, but also know that believing is seeing."

Waitley, Denis on belief   

"Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable."

Waitley, Denis on change
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"You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler."

Waitley, Denis on change
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"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."

Waitley, Denis on work   

"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."

Waitley, Denis on time
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"You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective."

Waitley, Denis on value   

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

Waitley, Denis on winners and winning   

"You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest."

Waitley, Denis on worth   

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

Waitley, Denis on children
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"Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do."

Waitley, Denis on choice   

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

Waitley, Denis on choice
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"You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions."

Waitley, Denis on commitment   

"Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods."

Waitley, Denis on courage
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"It's not what you are that holds you back, It's what you think you're not."

Waitley, Denis on self-image
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