Denis Waitley quotes

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.

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

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

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success.

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

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.