Denis Waitley

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

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

You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest.

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

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

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

Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.

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

The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.

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

Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us concentrate our energy.