Denis Waitley Quotations | Page 3

Highly motivated achievers are looking not to receive but to contribute. They are looking for problems that are personally satisfying to solve.

"Knowledge is the frontier of tomorrow."

Everything that is past is either a learning experience to grow on, a beautiful memory to reflect on, or a motivating factor to act upon.

Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior. Your inner drives will propel you further and faster than external perks.

Expect the best; convert problems into opportunities; be dissatisfied with the status quo; focus on where you want to go, instead of where you're coming from; and most importantly, decide to be happy, knowing it's an attitude, a habit gained from daily practice, and not a result or payoff.

A passion for life is one of the most attractive qualities in a human being. If you want a teammate or a life mate who loves to be around you, all you need to do is love to be around.

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

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

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

Opportunities are problems in search of solutions.

Instead of just letting life happen, I'm going to make it happen for me.

Self-esteem is that deep-down inside the skin feeling you have of your own self-worth.

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

If you are not doing what your passion is, you are putting it on layaway.

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence.

The greatest achievements are those that benefit others.

Give your best effort, because you are worth your best effort.

THE GREATEST RISK IN LIFE IS TO WAIT FOR AND DEPEND UPON OTHERS FOR YOUR OWN SECURITY.

People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now.

The stretch of the limousine usually is inversely proportional to the self esteem of the person riding in it.

Positive self-esteem is the quality of simply saying thank you and accepting any value that is attributed to you by others.

Life is like a field of newly fallen snow. Where I choose to walk every step will show.

Everyone is motivated a little or a lot to do something or nothing. Motivation is the internalized drive toward the dominant thought of the moment. By definition, motivation is "motive in action."

Virtually nothing can stop a man who has a goal clearly in sight.

Happiness, wealth, and success are by-products of goal setting, they cannot be the goal themselves.

The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude.

On our track to success, we have to fight the tendency to look at others and see how far they've come. The only thing that counts is how we use the potential we possess and that we run our race to the best of our abilities.

The reason so many individuals fail to achieve their goals in life is that they never really set them in the first place

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

A winner concentrates on that which is goal achieving rather than tension relieving.

Habits start out as off-hand remarks, magazine advertisements, friendly hints, experiments - like flimsy cobwebs with little substance. They grow with practice, layer by layer - thought on thought - fused with imagination and emotion until they become like steel cables - unbreakable. Habits are attitudes which grow from cobwebs into cables that control your everyday life. Self-discipline alone can make or break a habit. Self discipline alone can effect a permanent change in your self image and in you. Self-discipline achieves goals. Self discipline is not 'doing without,' it is 'doing within.'

By thinking and acting affirmatively in this minute, you will influence the hour, the day, and in time, your entire life.

The single most outwardly identifiable trait demonstrated by a winning human being is that of positive self-expectation- which is pure and simple optimism.

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.

As long as we persist in our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow.

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

Integrity, a standard of personal morality and ethics, is not relative to the situation you happen to find yourself in and doesn't sell out to expediency. Its short supply is getting shorter - but without it, leadership is a facade.

Life is self-fulfilling prophecy.

Wealth is only a source of happiness when it is used to do good for others

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

Goals are like stepping-stones to the stars. They should never be used to put a ceiling or a limit on achievement

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.

Success always has a price; success, with integrity, is the real bottom line.

Your attitude is a choice you make.

Winners believe in their worth in advance of their performance.

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

Each week set 1 day aside to do something you've always wanted to do.

We don't get what we want, we get what we expect.

Life is based on growth and finding new challenges to face and overcome, new contributions to make to society, and constantly coming to a better understanding of yourself and the universe in which you live.

Most people spend most of their time on low-priority busywork because it requires no additional knowledge, skills, or imagination-or courage. In a word, it's easier.

With knowledge now the key raw material for creating all economic wealth, the new power struggles will reach deep into our minds and our personal lives. That's why we believe the only empire that will survive in the 21st century will be the empire you build within your own mind.

One of the best ways to properly evaluate and adapt to the many environmental stresses of life is to simply view them as normal. The adversity and failures in our lives, if adapted to and viewed as normal corrective feedback to use to get back on target, serve to develop in us an immunity against anxiety, depression, and the adverse responses to stress. Instead of tackling the most important priorities that would make us successful and effective in life, we prefer the path of least resistance and do things simply that will relieve our tension, such as shuffling papers and majoring in minors.

Time And well being are two valuable belongings that we do not acknowledge and respect till they've been depleted.

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

Decide to be happy, knowing it's an attitude, a habit gained from daily practice, and not a result or payoff.

Winning is all in the attitude!

One of the wonderful aspects of the human imagination is its power to break through the barriers of time and space. It can see things not as they are but as the can be.

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

Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior.

Of all the judgments we make through life, none are more important than the estimate we place on ourselves according to our own internal standards.

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.

There never was a winner that didn't expect to win in advance.

Darren Hardy proves with The Compound Effect that common sense-when applied-yields amazingly uncommon results. Follow these simple steps and become who you were meant to be!

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

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned or worn.

Great individuals make great successes out of failure.

Start edifying the flowers. Stop pointing out the weeds.

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.

You've got more potential than you could use in a thousand lifetimes, I see world class potential in you? But one of the secrets, is you're as good as the best ? you don't have to be better than the rest.

The only limits on human achievement are self-imposed.

Self-esteem is felt even though you may not have done anything yet, but just feel the capability for it.

There is an island fantasy A "Someday I'll," we'll never see When recession stops, inflation ceases Our mortgage is paid, our pay increases That Someday I'll where problems end Where every piece of mail is from a friend Where the children are sweet and already grown . . . . Most unhappy people . . . put happiness on "law away" And struggle through a blue today . . . . Life's most important revelation Is that the journey means more than the destination . . .

Winners can tell you where they are going and what they plan to do along the way.

The first step toward success will be the biggest one.

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.

A dream is a vision, a goal is a promise. You can keep your promises to yourself by remaining flexible, focused, and committed.

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

Integrity means you do what you do because it is right and not just fashionable or politically correct.

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.

Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life - purpose - is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife....

Conceive + Believe = Achieve.

Time changes everything, but with patience we can keep our desires relatively constant. If we can just hang on long enough, time will eventually create for us the conditions in which we can succeed.

If you're not networking, you're not networking.

The most important key to the permanent enhancement of self esteem is the practice of positive inner-talk.

You are a masterpiece of creation.

The most important opinion you'll ever have is the one you hold of yourself.

Time is the ultimate equal opportunity employer.

Motivation is motive in action.

People who seek attention, need all the help they can get.

Success is not the destination; it's a way to travel.

Habits begin as offhanded remarks, ideas and images. And then, layer upon layer, through practice, they grow from cobwebs into cables that shackle or strengthen our lives.

Life is a do-it-for-others, do-it-yourself project.

Procrastination is the fear of success.

If you don't know where you're going, it doesn't matter if your alarm doesn't go off in the morning.

Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving.

Time is the most precious element of human existence.

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.

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.

Winning is beginning. And just by beginning, your game is half won.

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