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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."

“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

All Quotes by Denis Waitley

“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

“A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.”

— Denis Waitley

Smile

“The essence of life is finding something you really love and then making the daily experience worthwhile.”

— Denis Waitley

Experience

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

— Denis Waitley

Experience

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

— Denis Waitley

Fitness

“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

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

— Denis Waitley

Happiness

“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

“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.”

— Denis Waitley

Attitude

“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

“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

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

— Denis Waitley

Life

“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

“Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience.”

— Denis Waitley

Experience

“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

“Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us concentrate our energy.”

— Denis Waitley

Best

“Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.”

— Denis Waitley

Alone

“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