"Choose a career you love and you will never have to go to work."
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
Quote collection
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"You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler."
"You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective."
"Losers fix the blame; winners fix what caused the problem."
"The greatest limitations you will ever face will be those you place on yourself."
"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."
"Close your eyes and visualize the person you really want to be, who fits your own concepts of self-respect. If you can see the person clearly in the mirror of you mind, you surely will become that person."
"When you kill time, you kill your opportunities for success."
"I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet."
"You must continue to gain expertise, but avoid thinking like an expert."
"Success is not a pie with a limited number of pieces. The success of others has very little bearing on your success. You and everyone you know can become successful without anyone suffering setbacks, harm, or downturns."
"Procrastination is the fear of success."
"The greatest choice we have is to think before we act and then take action toward our life goals every day. Our problems result not only from our lack of action, but from our action without thought."
"The greatest achievement is to outperform yourself."
"Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you."
"Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success."
"Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad."
"Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon."
"Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised."
"Don't wait for mentors to seek you out. Don't ever wait for your phone calls to be returned, your letters to be answered, your faxes to be responded to. Keep going out and asking question."