Perseverance does not always mean sticking to the same thing forever. It means giving full concentration and effort to whatever you are doing right now.
DENIS WAITLEYAll of the top achievers I know are life-long learners. Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they’re not learning, they’re not growing and not moving toward excellence.
More Denis Waitley Quotes
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Make certain that your goals are not measured in comparison with others.
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Persistence means giving full concentration to whatever you are doing right now. … Persistence is success through trial, error, resetting your goals, and moving toward the target.
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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.
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What you leave in your children, is more important than what you leave to them.
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The greatest achievement is to outperform yourself.
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Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
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Opportunity never knocks; it is within you.
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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.
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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.
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Better to seek change by inspiration, than out of desperation.
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Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience.
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Commitment is that turning point in your life when you seize the moment to alter your destiny.
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The primary success factor is knowing how to learn from others and rely on yourself.
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Real motivation is that drive from within: You know where you are going because you have a compelling image inside, not a travel poster on the wall.
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You become that to which you are most exposed.
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