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Denis Waitley

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Known primarily as an American writer and speaker, Denis Waitley also happens to be one of the most quotable figures in our collection. With equal ease, Denis Waitley moved between Time and Success, finding connections others missed. We feature 59 quotes from Denis Waitley spanning Time, Success, Future, Experience, and Change, making them one of the most prolific voices in our archive. As Denis Waitley put it: "Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-image."

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

— Denis Waitley

Wisdom

All Quotes by Denis Waitley

“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.”

— Denis Waitley

Success

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

— Denis Waitley

Dreams

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

— Denis Waitley

Future

“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.”

— Denis Waitley

Future

“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.”

— Denis Waitley

Beauty

“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.”

— Denis Waitley

Time

“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.”

— Denis Waitley

Art

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

— Denis Waitley

Experience

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

— Denis Waitley

Movingon

“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”

— Denis Waitley

Experience

“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.”

— Denis Waitley

Future

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

— Denis Waitley

Happiness

“Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success.”

— Denis Waitley

Success

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

— Denis Waitley

Fitness

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

— Denis Waitley

Wisdom

“Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.”

— Denis Waitley

Time

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

— Denis Waitley

Best

“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.”

— Denis Waitley

Failure

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

— Denis Waitley

Success

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

— Denis Waitley

Change