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Denis Waitley Quotes - Page 6

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

The greatest choice we have is to think before we act and then take action toward our life goals every day. Our problems result not only from our lack of action, but from our action without thought.

The greatest choice we have is to think before we act and then take action toward our life goals every day. Our problems result not only from our lack of action, but from our action without thought.

Thinking, Goal, Choices

You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.

Inspirational, Commitment, Sticks

Be willing to wait longer for you goals to bear fruit than you had anticipated.

Goal, Waiting, Fruit

Real motivation is that drive from within: You know where you are going because you have a compelling image inside, not a travel poster on the wall.

Wall, Motivation, Real

The confidence you need is belief in your potential. If you see world-class potential in yourself, you'll put in the effort. If you don't see the potential, you won't put in the effort and you'll wait for the performance, and the performance always follows the belief in self.

Self, Class, Effort

Habits start out as off-hand remarks, magazine advertisements, friendly hints, experiments - like flimsy cobwebs with little substance. They grow with practice, layer by layer - thought on thought - fused with imagination and emotion until they become like steel cables - unbreakable. Habits are attitudes which grow from cobwebs into cables that control your everyday life. Self-discipline alone can make or break a habit. Self discipline alone can effect a permanent change in your self image and in you. Self-discipline achieves goals. Self discipline is not 'doing without,' it is 'doing within.'

Sports, Attitude, Self

The majority of people consider their work a means to an end. People who work for money only come to the end faster than people who are involved in their life’s purpose every day.

Mean, People, Purpose

Success is not a pie with a limited number of pieces. The success of others has very little bearing on your success. You and everyone you know can become successful without anyone suffering setbacks, harm, or downturns.

Successful, Pie, Numbers

Life is based on growth and finding new challenges to face and overcome, new contributions to make to society, and constantly coming to a better understanding of yourself and the universe in which you live.

Understanding, Challenges, Growth

Live each day as if was your last, not in the future, not in the past. You may not get what you want, but, in the long run, you will get what you expect.

Running, Past, Long

Start edifying the flowers. Stop pointing out the weeds.

Weed, Flower, Pointing

Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

People, Purpose, Winner

Denis Waitley (1996). “Psychology of Success: Developing Your Self-esteem”, McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Commitment is that turning point in your life when you seize the moment to alter your destiny.

Commitment, Destiny, Moments

Find a positive lesson and positive reason for all of your personal relationships. Accentuate the blessings and knowledge gained from each.

Blessing, Lessons, Reason

The world is a mirror and reflects back your expectations. What you get is what you see.

Mirrors, Expectations, World

Most people spend most of their time on low-priority busywork because it requires no additional knowledge, skills, or imagination-or courage. In a word, it's easier.

Skills, People, Imagination

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.

Funny, Life, Attitude

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

Contentment is for cows; a challenging purpose is for people.

People, Challenges, Contentment

We are supposed to forgive everyone; everyone includes ourselves.

Forgiving

Losers let it happen; winners make it happen!

Swimming, Loser, Winner

Perseverance does not always mean sticking to the same thing forever. It means giving full concentration and effort to whatever you are doing right now.

Perseverance, Mean, Giving

Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others.

Respect, Powerful, Integrity

By staying focused and flexible, you will meet and exceed your major life-forming goals. Success is not a resting-place - it is a launching pad

Inspirational, Positive, Success

The truth is, you don't break a bad habit; you replace it with a good one.

Truth Is, Habit, Break

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

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

Happiness, Laughter, Joy

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