Quotes by Denis Waitley

About Denis Waitley:

Denis E. Waitley is an American motivational speaker and writer, consultant and best-selling author.
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The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives.

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It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.

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

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Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.

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A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.

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Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.

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Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

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Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.

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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.

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Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.

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No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.

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A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.

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You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.

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I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.

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Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.

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The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.

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Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire - you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.

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Author Bio

  • NameDenis Waitley
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • Born1933
  • ProfessionMotivational Speaker