Quotes by Denis Waitley

The price of success is to bear the criticism of envy.

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.

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

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

Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

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.

It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.

Success in life is not determined by what happens to you but by how you react to what happens.

Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.

The essence of life is finding something you really love and then making the daily experience worthwhile.

Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised."

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence."

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.

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.

Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.

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

Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.

Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.

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

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end.

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

Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.

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.

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

Chase your passion, not your pension.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become.

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.

Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.

You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective.

The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude.

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.

Hãy là người tích cực trong một thế giới tiêu cực.

Hạnh phúc là thứ không thể đến được, sở hữu được, kiếm được hay mặc vào được. Nó là trải nghiệm tinh thần của mỗi phút giây ta sống với tình yêu, vinh dự và lòng biết ơn.