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Denis Waitley

37 quotes

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 welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.”

— Denis Waitley

Change

All Quotes by Denis Waitley

“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

“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

“Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.”

— Denis Waitley

Change

“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

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

— Denis Waitley

Fitness

“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

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

— Denis Waitley

Change

“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

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

— Denis Waitley

Experience

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

— Denis Waitley

Alone

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

— Denis Waitley

Life

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

— Denis Waitley

Change

“Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.”

— Denis Waitley

Courage

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

— Denis Waitley

Best

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

— Denis Waitley

Smile