Denis Quotes

You become that to which you are most exposed.

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

There we were in the middle of a sexual revolution wearing clothes that guaranteed we wouldn't get laid.

The patient person accepts a certain amount of failure knowing that it is as important a thread in the fabric of life as is success. Great individuals make great successes out of failure.

Make certain that your goals are not measured in comparison with others.

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

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.

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

Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.

Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.

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

Scepticism is the first step towards truth.

I'm really happy I went to a Catholic school because a lot of the repressive tactics they use make for great senses of humor.

It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.

I like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of discussion and dispute, and the truth is discovered.

Distance is a great promoter of admiration.

By the year 2000, such renewable energy sources could provide 40 percent of the global energy budget; by 2025, humanity could obtain 75 percent of its energy from solar resources.

There's no way Ryan Giggs is another George Best. He's another Ryan Giggs

Time is the most precious element of human existence.

What firefighters, and people in our military and cops do is separate from what the rest of us do, basically these people say "I'm going to protect all these strangers."

I love Santa Monica and Venice because I like the beach. I have a lot of friends in that area.

I bought my daughter a Chihuahua and I fell in love with it. So now I carry Coco around with me all the time.

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence.

If people are constantly falling off a cliff, you could place ambulances under the cliff or build a fence on the top of the cliff. We are placing all too many ambulances under the cliff.

By staying focused and flexible, you will meet and exceed your major life-forming goals. Success is not a resting-place - it is a launching pad

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

Isn't it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?

The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.

The real risk is doing nothing.

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.

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.

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

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned or worn.

Societies that eat unrefined foods produce large stools and build small hospitals; societies that eat fiber-depleted foods produce small stools and build large hospitals.

It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.

The trouble with most of us is that we stop trying in trying times.

There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.

The most important three words you can say to yourself: Yes I can!

Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.

All children are essentially criminal.

It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

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

One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project.

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.

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

Losers let it happen; winners make it happen!

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

The Gods have meant That I should dance And by the Gods I will!

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.