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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."

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

— Denis Waitley

Change

All Quotes by Denis Waitley

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

— Denis Waitley

Alone

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

— Denis Waitley

Experience

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

— Denis Waitley

Experience

“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 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

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

— Denis Waitley

Change

“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

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

— Denis Waitley

Smile

“Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.”

— Denis Waitley

Success

“Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.”

— Denis Waitley

Best

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

— Denis Waitley

Change

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

— Denis Waitley

Success

“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

“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

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

— Denis Waitley

Experience

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

— Denis Waitley

Dreams

“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

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

— Denis Waitley

Success

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

— Denis Waitley

Change