Quotes By Denis Waitley

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.

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

We've got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.

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

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

Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.

Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.

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

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

Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-image.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.

There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.

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