Denis Waitley

“Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.”

“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.”

“Winners are people with definite purpose in life.”

“You must continue to gain expertise, but avoid thinking like an expert.”

“A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.”

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

“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 reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever 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.”

“One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project.”

“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.”

“A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.”

“The essence of life is finding something you really love and then making the daily experience worthwhile.”

“The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.”

“Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.”

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

“Time is the most precious element of human existence. The successful person knows how to put energy into time and how to draw success from time.”

“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.”

“You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.”

“Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.”

“Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success.”