Denis Waitley Success Quotes & Sayings

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

By staying focused and flexible, you will meet and exceed your major life-forming goals. Success is not a resting-place - it is a launching pad — Denis Waitley

Real success comes in small portions day by day. You need to take pleasure in life's daily little treasures. It is the most important thing in measuring success. — Denis Waitley

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

No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have all of tomorrow. Success depends upon using it wisely by planning and setting priorities. The fact is, time is worth more than money, and by killing time we are killing our own chances for success. — Denis Waitley

You know you're a success when people tell you, "I like me best when I'm with you." — Denis Waitley

Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the "someday I'll" philosophy. — Denis Waitley

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

Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon. — Denis Waitley

Success is not a pie with a limited number of pieces. The success of others has very little bearing on your success. You and everyone you know can become successful without anyone suffering setbacks, harm, or downturns. — Denis Waitley

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

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

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

The patient person accepts a certain amount of failure knowing that it is as important a thread in the fabric of life as is success. Great individuals make great successes out of failure. — Denis Waitley

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. — Denis Waitley

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

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. — Denis Waitley

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. — Denis Waitley

Achievers can almost literally taste success because they imagine their goals in such vivid detail. Setbacks only seem to add spice and favor to the final taste of victory. — Denis Waitley

When you kill time, you kill your opportunities for success. — Denis Waitley

Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success. — Denis Waitley

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. — Denis Waitley

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. — Denis Waitley

The price of success is to bear the criticism of envy. — Denis Waitley

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. — Denis Waitley

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. — Denis Waitley

The first step toward success will be the biggest one. — Denis Waitley

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

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

Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well. — Denis Waitley

Not aptitude ... attitude is the criterion for success. — Denis Waitley

Your attitude is either the lock on or key to your door of success. — Denis Waitley

Success is a process that continues, not a status that you reach. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned. — Denis Waitley

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. — Denis Waitley

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