Denis Waitley Quotes

Denis Waitley is an American motivational speaker and author. He has written many self-help books and has helped inspired millions!

I started reading Denis Waitley's books when I was facing challenging times in my life. His books inspired me and helped me look at the challenges I faced in a different way. Denis Waitley's quotes are ones which I have enjoyed for years! If you enjoy the quotes below, you may also enjoy books by Denis Waitley

Below are words of wisdom in the form of inspirational quotes and motivational quotes by Denis Waitley:

"Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep."
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"Procrastination is the fear of success."
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"The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence."
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"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."
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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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"Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision."
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"Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the “someday I’ll” philosophy."
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"You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes."
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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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"The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval."
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"Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience."
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"We've got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true."
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"You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions."
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"If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad."
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"When you are in the valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue the climb."
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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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"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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"Real success comes in small portions day by day. You need to take pleasure in life's daily little treasures. It is the most important thing in measuring success."
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"You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler."
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"Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon."
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"Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life."
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"Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do."
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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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"Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable."
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