The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.
DENIS WAITLEYWhen you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. Look at rejection as part of one performance, not as a turn down of the performer.
More Denis Waitley Quotes
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Most people spend their entire lives on a fantasy island called ‘Someday I’ll.’
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Contentment is for cows; a challenging purpose is for people.
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Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior. Your inner drives will propel you further and faster than external perks.
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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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Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
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Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.
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When you are in the valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue the climb.
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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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Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.
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Your best friend should bring out the best in you.
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Most people spend most of their time on low-priority busywork because it requires no additional knowledge, skills, or imagination-or courage. In a word, it’s easier.
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When you kill time, you kill your opportunities for success.
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You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest.
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If you concentrate on the present, you eliminate what happened yesterday and any apprehension of what may happen tomorrow.
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Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
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