Denis Waitley

The two greatest fear busters are knowledge and action

Opportunity never knocks; it is within you.

Never follow the crowd in what you do; the crowd has never produced anything of lasting quality, value or beauty.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.

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.

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.

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