"Winners can tell you where they are going and what they plan to do along the way."
Denis Waitley
Author, Motivational Speaker
Denis Waitley is a renowned author and motivational speaker known for his work on personal development and success psychology.
- Born
- September 8, 1933
- Quotes
- 313
- Rank
- #425
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Denis Waitley quotes (page 13 of 16)
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"Decide to be happy, knowing it's an attitude, a habit gained from daily practice, and not a result or payoff."
"The only limits on human achievement are self-imposed."
"When you visualize, then you materialize."
"The stretch of the limousine usually is inversely proportional to the self esteem of the person riding in it."
"Goals are like stepping-stones to the stars. They should never be used to put a ceiling or a limit on achievement"
"If you concentrate on the present, you eliminate what happened yesterday and any apprehension of what may happen tomorrow."
"Habits start out as off-hand remarks, magazine advertisements, friendly hints, experiments - like flimsy cobwebs with little substance. They grow with practice, layer by layer - thought on thought - fused with imagination and emotion until they become like steel cables - unbreakable. Habits are attitudes which grow from cobwebs into cables that control your everyday life. Self-discipline alone can make or break a habit. Self discipline alone can effect a permanent change in your self image and in you. Self-discipline achieves goals. Self discipline is not 'doing without,' it is 'doing within.'"
"Start edifying the flowers. Stop pointing out the weeds."
"Success in life isn't only for the gifted or the privileged or those with a high IQ. Success is totally dependent on three things: persistence, determination and a positive mental attitude."
"Attitude is the criterion for success. But you can't buy an attitude for a million dollars. Attitudes are not for sale. ...Your attitude towards your potential is either the key to or the lock in the door of personal fulfillment."
"Your attitude is a choice you make."
"Life is based on growth and finding new challenges to face and overcome, new contributions to make to society, and constantly coming to a better understanding of yourself and the universe in which you live."
"One of the best ways to properly evaluate and adapt to the many environmental stresses of life is to simply view them as normal. The adversity and failures in our lives, if adapted to and viewed as normal corrective feedback to use to get back on target, serve to develop in us an immunity against anxiety, depression, and the adverse responses to stress. Instead of tackling the most important priorities that would make us successful and effective in life, we prefer the path of least resistance and do things simply that will relieve our tension, such as shuffling papers and majoring in minors."
"The most important opinion you'll ever have is the one you hold of yourself."
"Self-esteem is that deep-down inside the skin feeling you have of your own self-worth."
"Instead of just letting life happen, I'm going to make it happen for me."
"The single most outwardly identifiable trait demonstrated by a winning human being is that of positive self-expectation- which is pure and simple optimism."
"Commitment doesn't guarantee success, but lack of commitment guarantees you'll fall far short of your potential."
"How you spend your time is far more important than all the material possessions you may own or positions you may attain."