Quotes by Denis Waitley

"The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval."

"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."

"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."

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

"You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions."

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

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

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

"You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements."

"Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating."

"Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself."

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

"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."

"Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success."

"Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon."

"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."

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

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

"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."

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