Top 250 Denis Waitley Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “It’s not what you are that holds you back, it’s what you think you are not.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Motivational Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Empowering Quotes

2. “The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Startup Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Short Inspirational Quotes, Effort Quotes

3. “A good life is a collection of happy memories.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Positivity Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Good Morning Quotes, Being Happy Quotes, Sports Quotes

4. “The real risk is doing nothing.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Change Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Live Life Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

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

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Focus Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Optimism Quotes

6. “Give your best effort, because you are worth your best effort.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Confidence Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Short Inspirational Quotes, Psychology Quotes

7. “Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time, and energy needed to develop yourself.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Effort Quotes, Personal Development Quotes

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

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Motivational Quotes for Success, Transformation Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Personal Responsibility Quotes, Choices Quotes

9. “Losers let it happen; winners make it happen!”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Inspirational Business Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Winning Quotes, Performance Quotes

10. “Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Preparation Quotes

11. “There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Failure Quotes, Learning Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Mindset Quotes

12. “The truth is, you don’t break a bad habit; you replace it with a good one.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Short Inspiring Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Good Morning Motivational Quotes, Tuesday Motivational Quotes, Habit Quotes

13. “The most important three words you can say to yourself: Yes I can!”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Confidence Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes, Victory Quotes

14. “Motivation is motive in action.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Action Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Encouragement Quotes, Performance Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

15. “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Happiness Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Being Happy Quotes, Soul Quotes, Gratitude Quotes

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

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Transformation Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Acceptance Quotes, Serenity Quotes, Adaptability Quotes

17. “No one is born with self confidence. Self confidence is learned and earned with experience.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Experience Quotes, Believe in Yourself Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Self-Belief Quotes

18. “Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Happiness Quotes, Action Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Clever Quotes

19. “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

Featured in: Motivational Quotes, Failure Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Positive Motivation Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life

20. “Time And health are two precious assets that we don’t recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Time Quotes, Deep Quotes About Life, Wellness Wednesday Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Health Quotes

21. “The greatest communication skill is paying value to others.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Values Quotes, Positive Work Quotes, Communication Quotes, Quotes About Skills

22. “When you visualize, then you materialize.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Positive Motivation Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Goal Setting Quotes, Law Of Attraction Quotes

23. “View life as a continuous learning experience.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Experience Quotes, Growth Mindset Quotes, Lifelong Learning Quotes, Good Morning Motivational Quotes

24. “It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Enjoy Life Quotes, Happy Quotes, Journey Quotes

25. “When you visualize, then you materialize. If you’ve been there in the mind you’ll go there in the body.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Manifestation Quotes, Intention Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes, Imagination Quotes, Vision Quotes

26. “Commitment is that turning point in your life when you seize the moment to alter your destiny.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Transformation Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Commitment Quotes, Path Quotes

27. “The greatest achievement is to outperform yourself.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Self-Worth Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes, Achievement Quotes

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

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Self-Worth Quotes, Fulfillment Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes, Achievement Quotes, Individuality Quotes

29. “Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Personal Responsibility Quotes, Quotes for Better Decisions, Risk-Taking Quotes, Keep Going Quotes

30. “Don’t wait for an employer, friend, or mentor to show appreciation for your work. Take pride in your own efforts on a daily basis.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Excellence Quotes, Effort Quotes, Career Development Quotes, Appreciation Quotes, Moving Forward Quotes

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

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Personality Quotes, Caring Quotes, Good Morning Quotes, Smile Quotes

32. “Chase your passion, not your pension.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Hustle Quotes, Dream Big Quotes, Passion Quotes, Graduation Quotes, Different Quotes

33. “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

Featured in: Persistence Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Motivational Quotes for Work, Excellence Quotes, Winning Quotes

34. “Opportunities are problems in search of solutions.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Opportunity Quotes, Problem-Solving Quotes

35. “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

Featured in: Values Quotes, Career Development Quotes, Choices Quotes, Graduation Quotes, Responsibility Quotes

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

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Failure Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Quotes About Trying, Progress Quotes

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

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Mistake Quotes

38. “The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Be Yourself Quotes, Quotes About Trying

39. “Pessimists see a problem behind every opportunity. Optimists see an opportunity behind every problem.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Positivity Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Optimism Quotes, Clever Quotes

40. “Listening without bias or distraction is the greatest value you can pay another person.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Empathy Quotes, Quotes About Listening

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

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Goal Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes, Intelligent Quotes, Sunday Motivational Quotes

42. “A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Intention Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes, Quotes About Dreams, Creative Quotes, Vision Quotes

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

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Self-Care Quotes, Acceptance Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes, Contentment Quotes, Know Your Worth Quotes

44. “We learn by observation, imitation and repetition.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: School Quotes

45. “I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.”

— Denis Waitley

46. “Real power comes by empowering others.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Real Quotes

47. “Most people spend their entire lives on a fantasy island called ‘Someday I’ll.’”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Excuses Quotes

48. “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.”

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Cheer Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes, Expectations Quotes, Quotes About Believing, Vision Quotes

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

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Past Quotes

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

— Denis Waitley

Featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Self-Care Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Happy Quotes, Helping Quotes