Denis Waitley Quotes

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Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.

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

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

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

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Most people spend their entire lives on a fantasy island called 'Someday I'll.'

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

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

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

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The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.

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Understand that you, yourself, are no more than the composite picture of all your thoughts and actions. In your relationships with others, remember the basic and critically important rule: If you want to be loved, be lovable. If you want respect, set a respectable example!

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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.

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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!"

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

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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.

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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.

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To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

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Focus all your attention and energy on the achievement of the objectives you are involved with right now.

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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....

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You are your own scriptwriter and the play is never finished, no matter what your age or position in life.

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It has been said that failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker.

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The most important three words you can say to yourself: Yes I can!

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A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.

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Accept yourself as you are right now; an imperfect, changing, growing and worthy person.

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

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