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Denis Waitley Quotes

All Quotes Achievement Appreciation Attitude Belief Business Challenges Change Children Choices Commitment Desire Destiny Determination Education Effort Encouragement Energy Excellence Expectations Failure Focus Funny Giving Gratitude Greatness Growth Happiness Happy Imagination Imitation Inspiration Inspirational Integrity Joy Laughter Learning Life Literature Love Motivation Motivational Opportunity Optimism Passion Past Perseverance Persistence Positive Positive Thinking Positivity Procrastination Purpose Quality Responsibility Risk Running Self Confidence Self Esteem Self Worth Sports Success Time Time Management Values Vision Waiting Wealth Winning Wisdom

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

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

Inspirational, Life, Change

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

Love, Inspirational, 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.

Success, Moving On, Letting Go

No one is born with self confidence. Self confidence is learned and earned with experience.

Self Confidence, Self, Born

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.

Inspirational, Motivational, Softball

The greatest communication skill is paying value to others.

Sports, Communication, Skills

Denis Waitley (1988). “Being the best”, Pocket

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

Motivational, Change, Stay Strong

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.

Positive, Confidence, Buddhist

You are an uncut gemstone of priceless value. Cut and polish your potential with knowledge, skills and service and you will be in great demand throughout your life.

Cutting, Skills, Demand

There never was a winner, who wasn't a beginner.

Beginners, Winner

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

Inspirational, Funny, Success

There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.

Motivational, Education, Mistake

Denis Waitley, Dayna Waitley, Deborah Waitley (1999). “The Psychology of Winning for Women: What Every Woman Needs to Know, what Every Man Needs to Understand”, Executive Excellence Pub

Accept yourself as you are right now; an imperfect, changing, growing and worthy person.

Self Worth, Growing, Imperfect

Denis Waitley (1986). “The Winner's Edge: The Critical Attitude of Success”, Berkley

Expect the best; convert problems into opportunities; be dissatisfied with the status quo; focus on where you want to go, instead of where you're coming from; and most importantly, decide to be happy, knowing it's an attitude, a habit gained from daily practice, and not a result or payoff.

Happiness, Attitude, Opportunity

Denis Waitley (1986). “The Winner's Edge: The Critical Attitude of Success”, Berkley

The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.

Inspirational, Motivational, Best Effort

One person's ceiling is another person's floor.

Ceilings, Persons

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

Fitness, Appreciation, Time

The most important key to the permanent enhancement of self esteem is the practice of positive inner-talk.

Inspirational, Self Esteem, Keys

The greatest limitations you will ever face will be those you place on yourself.

Success, Faces, Limitation

Denis Waitley (1988). “Being the best”, Pocket

What you leave in your children, is more important than what you leave to them

Inspirational, Positive, Children

The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are.

Wisdom, Deep Thought, Trying

Denis Waitley (1999). “The Psychology of Winning for the 21st Century”, Waitley Institute

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.

Attitude, Successful, Aptitude

The price of success is to bear the criticism of envy.

Envy, Criticism, Price Of Success

Listening without bias or distraction is the greatest value you can pay another person.

Motivational, Listening, Pay

Procrastination is the fear of success.

Procrastination, Fear Of Success

Denis Waitley (1985). “The Winners Edge”, Berkley

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