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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."

“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

All Quotes by Denis Waitley

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

— Denis Waitley

Future

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

— Denis Waitley

Life

“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

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

— Denis Waitley

Courage

“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

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

— 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

“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.”

— Denis Waitley

Future

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

— Denis Waitley

Experience

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

— Denis Waitley

Success

“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

“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

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

— Denis Waitley

Experience

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

— Denis Waitley

Best

“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

“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.”

— Denis Waitley

Life

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

— Denis Waitley

Best

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

— Denis Waitley

Happiness

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

— Denis Waitley

Smile