Denis Waitley Famous Quotations

Denis Waitley, born in 1924, is one of America's most respected authors, keynote lecturers, and productivity consultants on high-performance human achievement. With over 10 million audio programs sold in 14 languages, Denis Waitley is one of the most listened-to voices on personal and career success. He is the author of 15 non-fiction books. These famous quotes dealing with goals, achievement, and success have been attributed to him.

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.
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.
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.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
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.
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.
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.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success.
Procrastination is the fear of success... Because success is heavy, it carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the "someday I'll" philosophy.
Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.
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 greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.
The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.
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. Attitude is the criterion for success.
There are two primary choices in life; to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
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.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
When you are in the valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue the climb.
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization.
You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.