Top 323 Quotes & Sayings by Denis Waitley - Page 3

Procrastination is the fear of success.

The primary success factor is knowing how to learn from others and rely on yourself.

When you visualize, then you materialize. If you've been there in the mind you'll go there in the body

You become that to which you are most exposed.

Persistence means giving full concentration to whatever you are doing right now. ... Persistence is success through trial, error, resetting your goals, and moving toward the target.

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

Tomorrow's leaders not only have dreams, goals and plans. They are willing to work hard and to take responsibility for turning their plans into energy, perspiration and effort. They don't sit back and wait for someone else to turn their dreams into action. They take charge of executing their own plan.

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence.

No gift can ever replace the value of being there in person.

Live each day as if was your last, not in the future, not in the past. You may not get what you want, but, in the long run, you will get what you expect.

Better to seek change by inspiration, than out of desperation.

Habits are like submarines; they run silent and deep.

Find a positive lesson and positive reason for all of your personal relationships. Accentuate the blessings and knowledge gained from each.

Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager.

We sing because we're happy and happy because we sing

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.

A sign of wisdom and maturity is when you come to terms with the realization that your decisions cause your rewards and consequences. You are responsible for your life, and your ultimate success depends on the choices you make.

A failure is like fertilizer; it stinks to be sure, but it makes things grow faster in the future.

Successful people believe in the validity of their own dreams and goals, even if dreams are all they have to go on.

Success in life isn't only for the gifted or the privileged or those with a high IQ. Success is totally dependent on three things: persistence, determination and a positive mental attitude.

Unless what you say benefits the other person, don't say it.

Recognize when your peak energy occurs during the day. Allocate the most difficult projects to that period. Work on easy projects at low-energy times

Champions never brag, never shout, never have to go to extremes to build themselves up for others or put others down. They let their actions, deeds, and results speak for them.

Pessimists see a problem behind every opportunity. Optimists see an opportunity behind every problem.

Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.

No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire today.

Your best friend should bring out the best in you

The greatest achievements are those that benefit others.

We are supposed to forgive everyone; everyone includes ourselves.

Commitment is that turning point in your life when you seize the moment to alter your destiny.

Start edifying the flowers. Stop pointing out the weeds.

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

Doubters don't win, winners don't doubt.

Don't let negative people determine your self-worth.

You can only do good if you feel good.

SMILE! In every language, in every culture - it is the light in your window that tells people there's a caring, sharing individual inside and it's the universal code for "I'm O. K. - You're O. K., too!"

The truth is, you don't break a bad habit; you replace it with a good one.

You know you're a success when people tell you, “I like me best when I'm with you.”

No one is born with self confidence. Self confidence is learned and earned with experience.

God's Law of Cause and Effect: Your rewards in life will always be equal to the amount and quality of service rendered, in the long run.

Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes in a day.

When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. Look at rejection as part of one performance, not as a turn down of the performer.

Since most of our fears are based on dark imaginings, it is vital for us to dwell on our magnificent obsessions and desired results - to look at where we want to go, as opposed to that troubled place where we may have been or may still be hiding.

You always project on the outside how you feel on the inside.

The real champions in life are so humble and gracious. They just continue doing what they do without all the posturing. If you've got the real thing, you don't have to flaunt a loud imitation.

Don't 'take care', take a risk!

First we make our attitudes. Then our attitudes make us.

Commitment doesn't guarantee success, but lack of commitment guarantees you'll fall far short of your potential.

Attitude is the criterion for success. But you can't buy an attitude for a million dollars. Attitudes are not for sale. ...Your attitude towards your potential is either the key to or the lock in the door of personal fulfillment.

Real power comes by empowering others.

Be a role model not a critic. Don't tell your children, your peers, or your subordinates what to do - show them. And when the lesson is over, keep showing them by demonstrating that your actions are part of your character, not part of their curriculum.

How you spend your time is far more important than all the material possessions you may own or positions you may attain.

Put up the dream. Put in the knowledge. Put out the effort.

If you concentrate on the present, you eliminate what happened yesterday and any apprehension of what may happen tomorrow.

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

Perseverance does not always mean sticking to the same thing forever. It means giving full concentration and effort to whatever you are doing right now.

Losers let it happen; winners make it happen!

Don't tell people they can do the impossible. Tell people that they can do the possible that they think is impossible.

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.

The first best-kept secret of total success is that we must feel love inside ourselves before we can give it to others.