Famous Denis Waitley Quotations

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"You must continue to gain expertise, but avoid thinking like an expert."
by Denis Waitley
"Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success."
by Denis Waitley
"The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence."
by Denis Waitley
"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."
by Denis Waitley
"Everything is something I decide to do, and there is nothing I have to do."
by Denis Waitley
"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude."
by Denis Waitley
"It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit."
by Denis Waitley
"We have got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true."
by Denis Waitley
"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."
by Denis Waitley
"Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods."
by Denis Waitley
"You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler."
by Denis Waitley
"Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do."
by Denis Waitley
"There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them."
by Denis Waitley
"The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply."
by Denis Waitley
"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."
by Denis Waitley
"Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating."
by Denis Waitley
"Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience."
by Denis Waitley
"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."
by Denis Waitley
"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."
by Denis Waitley
"Time And health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted."
by Denis Waitley
"You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization."
by Denis Waitley
"Understand that you, yourself, are no more than the composite picture of all your thoughts and actions. In your relationships with others, remember the basic and critically important rule: If you want to be loved, be lovable. If you want respect, set a respectable example!"
by Denis Waitley
"A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come."
by Denis Waitley
"You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits."
by Denis Waitley
"Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep."
by Denis Waitley
"All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners... Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they're not learning, they're not growing... not moving toward excellence."
by Denis Waitley
"Winners are people with definite purpose in life."
by Denis Waitley
"You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements."
by Denis Waitley
"Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing."
by Denis Waitley
"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."
by Denis Waitley
"Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow."
by Denis Waitley
"You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective."
by Denis Waitley
"One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project."
by Denis Waitley


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