Denis Waitley Quotes

Denis Waitley shares motivational reflections on effort, responsibility and the thrill of achievement.

17 quotes

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

  2. 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.

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

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

  5. 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.

  6. Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others.

  7. Optimism boosts your energy and focuses your sights on reaching your goals, rather than wallowing in your setbacks.

  8. You can only do good if you feel good.

  9. Life is self-fulfilling prophecy.

  10. There never was a winner, who wasn't a beginner.

  11. The greatest limitations you will ever face will be those you place on yourself.

  12. The easiest thing is to make sure you feel happy and satisfied in this moment. Setting long term goals is much more effort taking, but at the same time much more fulfilling.

  13. You must get money to chase you, but never let it catch up…

  14. Contentment is for cows; a challenging purpose is for people.

  15. The season for enjoying the fullness of life - partaking of the harvest, sharing the harvest with others, and reinvesting and saving portions of the harvest for yet another season of growth.

  16. Positive self-expectancy is the first, most outwardly identifiable quality of a top-achieving, winning human being. Positive self-expectancy is pure and simple optimism: real enthusiasm for everything you do... [while] expecting the most favorable result from your own actions. There never was a winner who didn't expect to win in advance. Winners understand that life is a self-fulfilling prophecy. And they know that you usually get what you expect in the long run.

  17. The seeds of greatness are ideas you learn from people who've been great in their service to others.