Quotes from Denis Waitley

The first step toward success will be the biggest one.

We have got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.

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

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

Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow.

Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.

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

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.

Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.

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.

We are supposed to forgive everyone; everyone includes ourselves.

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

Happiness is the experience of living every moment with love, grace and gratitude.

Chase your passion, not your pension.

Virtually nothing on earth can stop a person with a positive attitude who has his goal clearly in sight.

The price of success is to bear the criticism of envy.

You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.

It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.

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

View life as a continuous learning experience.

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.

Get excited and enthusiastic about your own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire – you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.

You must understand that seeing is believing, but also know that believing is seeing.