Denis Waitley quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Denis Waitley

Denis Waitley Famous Quotes & Sayings

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Real motivation is that drive from within: You know where you are going because you have a compelling image inside, not a travel poster on the wall.

The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are.

You know you're a success when people tell you, "I like me best when I'm with you."

A winner concentrates on that which is goal achieving rather than tension relieving.

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

Chase your passion, not your pension.

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

Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

You can only do good if you feel good.

Real power comes by empowering others.

Self-esteem is that deep-down inside the skin feeling you have of your own self-worth.

Conceive + Believe = Achieve.

Individuals with a good self esteem can accept or reject the opinions of others, but never depend on them for their sense of worthiness.

Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do.

Life is self-fulfilling prophecy.

Always give more in service, than you receive in payment, and customers will beat a path to your door.

A dream is what you would like your life to become. A goal is what you are truly willing to do to achieve what you really want.

Your habits will determine your quality of life.

The primary success factor is knowing how to learn from others and rely on yourself.

By focusing on positive, healthy motivations and letting the more negative ones pass, you can purify the source of you imaginative power.

The greatest achievements are those that benefit others.

Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.

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

The truly liberated human being is not always fighting against something, but more frequently is fighting for something or someone.

If you don't know where you're going, it doesn't matter if your alarm doesn't go off in the morning.

Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.

Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.

Contentment is for cows; a challenging purpose is for people.

The most important key to the permanent enhancement of self esteem is the practice of positive inner-talk.

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

Choose a career you love and you will never have to go to work.

Make no mistake. You are your most important critic and your conscience your most important judge of character.

The seeds of greatness are ideas you learn from people who've been great in their service to others.

What you leave in your children, is more important than what you leave to them

Wealth is only a source of happiness when it is used to do good for others

Stop stewing and start doing!

Winning is beginning. And just by beginning, your game is half won.

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.

Focus all your attention and energy on the achievement of the objectives you are involved with right now.

If you have real, internal value, you don't need a loud, expensive imitation.

We don't get what we want, we get what we expect.

Commitment doesn't guarantee success, but lack of commitment guarantees you'll fall far short of your potential.

Don't tell people they can do the impossible. Tell people that they can do the possible that they think is impossible.

Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success.

We learn by observation, imitation and repetition.

We sing because we're happy and happy because we sing

The greatest communication skill is paying value to others.

A real friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out

It's not so much what the job gives you, it's what you give to the job.

Find a positive lesson and positive reason for all of your personal relationships. Accentuate the blessings and knowledge gained from each.

You must get money to chase you, but never let it catch up ...

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

Champions are propelled by desire, not compelled by fear

You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective.

We've got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.

Love is one of the few experiences in life that we can best keep by giving it away.

If you're not networking, you're not networking.

Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior. Your inner drives will propel you further and faster than external perks.

Happiness, wealth, and success are by-products of goal setting, they cannot be the goal themselves.

Get out of that comfortable rut.

Of all the judgments we make through life, none are more important than the estimate we place on ourselves according to our own internal standards.

No gift can ever replace the value of being there in person.

Life is like a field of newly fallen snow.
Where I choose to walk every step will show.

You must continue to gain expertise, but avoid thinking like an expert.

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

Happy people plan actions, they don't plan results.

You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.

Virtually nothing can stop a man who has a goal clearly in sight.

Don't tell people how to live, demonstrate by example.

A failure is like fertilizer; it stinks to be sure, but it makes things grow faster in the future.

Success is a process that continues, not a status that you reach. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.

There never was a winner that didn't expect to win in advance.

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

To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives. - Denis Waitley.

When you speak, ask questions. Don't lecture.

The greatest limitations you will ever face will be those you place on yourself.

Not aptitude ... attitude is the criterion for success.

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

There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.

Make this moment the moment of truth about yourself. You have been selling short all of your life.

THE GREATEST RISK IN LIFE IS TO WAIT FOR AND DEPEND UPON OTHERS FOR YOUR OWN SECURITY.

The reason so many individuals fail to achieve their goals in life is that they never really set them in the first place

You always project on the outside how you feel on the inside.

First we make our attitudes. Then our attitudes make us.

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

Break the daily and weekly routine you have set. Get out of that comfortable route.

Winning is a feeling you have no ceiling.

Be willing to wait longer for you goals to bear fruit than you had anticipated.

Optimism boosts your energy and focuses your sights on reaching your goals, rather than wallowing in your setbacks.

The two greatest fear busters are knowledge and action

You become that to which you are most exposed.

Start edifying the flowers. Stop pointing out the weeds.

Winning is coming in fourth, exhausted and encouraged-because last time you came in fifth.

The world needs role models, instead of critics.

Each week set 1 day aside to do something you've always wanted to do.

Most people rust out due to lack of challenge. Few people rust out due to overuse.

Opportunities are problems in search of solutions.

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

Listening without bias or distraction is the greatest value you can pay another person.

You are truly successful when you can extend a strong hand to someone who is reaching out or just trying to hang on.