Denis Waitley Quotes

You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.

A dream is a vision, a goal is a promise. You can keep your promises to yourself by remaining flexible, focused, and committed.

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.

Your habits will determine your quality of life.

We are supposed to forgive everyone; everyone includes ourselves.

Perseverance does not always mean sticking to the same thing forever. It means giving full concentration and effort to whatever you are doing right now.

When you are in the valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue the climb.

Better to seek change by inspiration, than out of desperation.

Recognize when your peak energy occurs during the day. Allocate the most difficult projects to that period. Work on easy projects at low-energy times

Live each day as if was your last, not in the future, not in the past. You may not get what you want, but, in the long run, you will get what you expect.

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

No one is born with self confidence. Self confidence is learned and earned with experience.

God's Law of Cause and Effect: Your rewards in life will always be equal to the amount and quality of service rendered, in the long run.

Pessimists see a problem behind every opportunity. Optimists see an opportunity behind every problem.

The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude.

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

We can't afford to waste tears on might-have-beens. We need to turn the tears into sweat that can take us to what can be.

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

Losers take chances; winners make choices.

Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time, and energy needed to develop yourself.

Highly motivated achievers are looking not to receive but to contribute. They are looking for problems that are personally satisfying to solve.

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

Discipline is doing within, while you do without.

Virtually nothing on earth can stop a person with a positive attitude who has his goals clearly in sight.

Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.

"Knowledge is the frontier of tomorrow."

We learn by observation, imitation and repetition.

Your attitude is either the lock on, or the key to the door of your success.

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

People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now.

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

Everything that is past is either a learning experience to grow on, a beautiful memory to reflect on, or a motivating factor to act upon.

Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art - an individual masterpiece.

Your best friend should bring out the best in you

Most people spend most of their time on low-priority busywork because it requires no additional knowledge, skills, or imagination-or courage. In a word, it's easier.

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

Don't 'take care', take a risk!

Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager.

You can only do good if you feel good.

If you concentrate on the present, you eliminate what happened yesterday and any apprehension of what may happen tomorrow.

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

Put up the dream. Put in the knowledge. Put out the effort.

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

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

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

If you are not doing what your passion is, you are putting it on layaway.

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

The majority of people consider their work a means to an end. People who work for money only come to the end faster than people who are involved in their life’s purpose every day.

What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. Your answers lie inside of you.

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