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.
DENIS WAITLEY
DENIS WAITLEY
Denis Waitley on control
Denis Waitley111 quotes“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.”
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Accept yourself as you are right now; an imperfect, changing, growing and worthy person.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley What you leave in your children, is more important than what you leave to them.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley You are an uncut gemstone of priceless value. Cut and polish your potential with knowledge, skills and service and you will be in great demand throughout your life.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley 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.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley Don’t ‘take care’, take a risk!
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley Losers let it happen; winners make it happen!
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley Make certain that your goals are not measured in comparison with others.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley By staying focused and flexible, you will meet and exceed your major life-forming goals. Success is not a resting-place – it is a launching pad.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley Real power comes by empowering others.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley You become that to which you are most exposed.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley 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.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley 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.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley Don’t let negative people determine your self-worth.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley You are your own scriptwriter and the play is never finished, no matter what your age or position in life.
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Amanda KarchAmanda Karch I did everything I could to make it work I was casting nets into the ocean and all they were doing was returning back empty.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados We flew to heaven, and we touched the sun.
Jennifer JulietteJennifer Juliette You told me everything would be okay. I wish you had said – you’ll hurt but I’ll hold you.
Ullie KayeUllie Kaye Be brave, be bold, beware that you must believe before becoming.
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When you let go of things that are not under your control. I hope the loneliness does not become so dense that the silence starts to speak.
Anand ThakurAnand Thakur You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
Colin PowellColin Powell Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you’re a guy who generates money, people have a vested interest in controlling you.
Dave ChappelleDave Chappelle She has constellations in her wilding soul, a soft-paced heart in a spirit beyond control.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
Franklin D. RooseveltFranklin D. Roosevelt I release all control to the Universe. I am at peace with myself and with life.
Louise HayLouise Hay Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
Booker T. WashingtonBooker T. Washington