Top 250 Denis Waitley Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Doubters don’t win, winners don’t doubt.”

— Denis Waitley

52. “No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.”

— Denis Waitley

53. “Your attitude is a choice you make.”

— Denis Waitley

54. “Live each day as if it were your last, not in the future, not in the past. You may not get what you want, but, in the long run, you will get what you expect.”

— Denis Waitley

55. “Self-esteem is that deep-down inside the skin feeling you have of your own self-worth.”

— Denis Waitley

56. “Imagination plus innovation equals realization.”

— Denis Waitley

57. “All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners. Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they’re not learning, they’re not growing and not moving toward excellence.”

— Denis Waitley

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

— Denis Waitley

59. “The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.”

— Denis Waitley

60. “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.”

— Denis Waitley

61. “God’s Law of Cause and Effect: Your rewards in life will always be equal to the amount and quality of service rendered, in the long run.”

— Denis Waitley

62. “I would rather fail trying than succeed at doing nothing.”

— Denis Waitley

63. “Habits are like comfortable beds. They are easy to get into, but difficult to get out of.”

— Denis Waitley

64. “Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.”

— Denis Waitley

65. “Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience.”

— Denis Waitley

66. “Your attitude is either the lock on, or the key to the door of your success.”

— Denis Waitley

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

— Denis Waitley

68. “Life is self-fulfilling prophecy.”

— Denis Waitley

69. “A dream is a vision, a goal is a promise. You can keep your promises to yourself by remaining flexible, focused, and committed.”

— Denis Waitley

70. “Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-image.”

— Denis Waitley

71. “There is a direct relationship between joy and effort. The joy of success is in ratio to the amount of effort expended to achieve it.”

— Denis Waitley

72. “Choose a career you love and you will never have to go to work.”

— Denis Waitley

73. “Touch is the magic wand of intimacy. Love is keeping in touch.”

— Denis Waitley

74. “Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior.”

— Denis Waitley

75. “If you’re not networking, you’re not networking.”

— Denis Waitley

76. “Your habits will determine your quality of life.”

— Denis Waitley

77. “Habits are like submarines; they run silent and deep.”

— Denis Waitley

78. “Success is not the destination; it’s a way to travel.”

— Denis Waitley

79. “The only limits on human achievement are self-imposed.”

— Denis Waitley

80. “You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.”

— Denis Waitley

81. “Perseverance does not always mean sticking to the same thing forever. It means giving full concentration and effort to whatever you are doing right now.”

— Denis Waitley

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

— Denis Waitley

83. “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

84. “Positive self-direction is the action plan that all winners in life use to turn imagination into reality, fantasy into fact, and dreams into actual goals.”

— Denis Waitley

85. “Champions never brag, never shout, never have to go to extremes to build themselves up for others or put others down. They let their actions, deeds, and results speak for them.”

— Denis Waitley

86. “We don’t get what we want, we get what we expect.”

— Denis Waitley

87. “The world is a mirror and reflects back your expectations. What you get is what you see.”

— Denis Waitley

88. “Darren Hardy proves with The Compound Effect that common sense-when applied-yields amazingly uncommon results. Follow these simple steps and become who you were meant to be!”

— Denis Waitley

89. “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.”

— Denis Waitley

90. “You can only do good if you feel good.”

— Denis Waitley

91. “You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization.”

— Denis Waitley

92. “Goals are like stepping-stones to the stars. They should never be used to put a ceiling or a limit on achievement.”

— Denis Waitley

93. “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.”

— Denis Waitley

94. “The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can’t do.”

— Denis Waitley

95. “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

96. “By thinking and acting affirmatively in this minute, you will influence the hour, the day, and in time, your entire life.”

— Denis Waitley

97. “The greatest choice we have is to think before we act and then take action toward our life goals every day. Our problems result not only from our lack of action, but from our action without thought.”

— Denis Waitley

98. “Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.”

— Denis Waitley

99. “A failure is like fertilizer; it stinks to be sure, but it makes things grow faster in the future.”

— Denis Waitley

100. “What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. Your answers lie inside of you.”

— Denis Waitley