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Quotes by Denis Waitley

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

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

Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.

Dont dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.

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

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

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

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

Time and health are two precious assets that we dont recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.

As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.

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

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

That which you create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Dont spend your life accumulating material objects that will only turn to dust and ashes.

Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.

The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives.

Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art - an individual masterpiece.

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.

You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.

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

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.