"Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes in a day."
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 8 of 16)
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"Positive self-expectancy is the first, most outwardly identifiable quality of a top-achieving, winning human being. Positive self-expectancy is pure and simple optimism: real enthusiasm for everything you do... [while] expecting the most favorable result from your own actions. There never was a winner who didn't expect to win in advance. Winners understand that life is a self-fulfilling prophecy. And they know that you usually get what you expect in the long run."
"Successful people believe in the validity of their own dreams and goals, even if dreams are all they have to go on."
"The ability to adapt is everything!"
"Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do."
"Identify with excellence, put your name on your work, and both your work and name will stand the test of time."
"Never follow the crowd in what you do; the crowd has never produced anything of lasting quality, value or beauty."
"Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating."
"Habits begin as offhanded remarks, ideas and images. And then, layer upon layer, through practice, they grow from cobwebs into cables that shackle or strengthen our lives."
"Real success comes in small portions day by day."
"Come through for others and they will come through for you."
"There never was a winner, who wasn't a beginner."
"Habits are like comfortable beds. They are easy to get into, but difficult to get out of."
"The world needs role models, instead of critics."
"The truth is, you don't break a bad habit; you replace it with a good one."
"Unless what you say benefits the other person, don't say it."
"The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do."
"Tomorrow's leaders not only have dreams, goals and plans. They are willing to work hard and to take responsibility for turning their plans into energy, perspiration and effort. They don't sit back and wait for someone else to turn their dreams into action. They take charge of executing their own plan."
"Opportunities are problems in search of solutions."
"Don't assume that money, shelter and creature comforts are enough to demonstrate your love. Nothing can replace your presence, your hug, your smile, your touch - you!"