Denis Waitley

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“That which you create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Don't 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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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