Denis Waitley Quotes

A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.

There are 2 primary choices in life:
To accept conditions as they exist, or to accept responsibility for changing them.

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

"Winning" is taking the talent or potential you were born with, and have since developed, and using it fully toward a goal or purpose that makes you happy.

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

You must understand that seeing is believing, but also know that believing is seeing.

"I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet" — Denis Waitley

Chase your passion, not your pension.

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

Don't be a grudge collector. Too many people spend too much time every day thinking of past hurts, suffered-through office politics, messed-up relationships and, in general, the evils of the world. Don't waste your energy in this way. Apply your excellent mind to forgiving and forgetting.

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

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.

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

Get high on doing good. No one in history has ever found lasting satisfaction in chemicals or possessions. Real pleasure comes from good work, generous deeds and grateful thoughts.

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