Denis E. Waitley, is an American motivational speaker, writer and consultant. He has been recognized as the best-selling author of the audio series, The Psychology of Winning and books such as “Seeds of Greatness” and “The Winner’s Edge”. Waitley has been inducted into the International Speakers’ Hall of Fame.
Waitley was born in San Diego, California. His mother was a factory worker and his father worked in a warehouse, after serving during World War II. Waitley’s parents divorced when he was ten and he had little contact with his father thereafter. He attended the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis and became a naval aviator after graduation. Waitley received his Bachelor’s of Science degree from the Naval Academy. (via Wikipedia)
Lets take a look at a few of his great quotes:
On Love:
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
Touch is the magic wand of intimacy. Love is keeping in touch.
On Life:
The essence of life is finding something you really love and then making the daily experience worthwhile.
Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what’s happening out there. It’s how you take it that counts.
There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.
Life is a do-it-yourself project.
Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.
On Happiness:
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.
Happiness is the experience of living every moment with love, grace and gratitude.
On Success:
Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the ‘someday I’ll’ philosophy.
The price of success is to bear the criticism of envy.
On Attitude:
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.
Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.
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.