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Denis Waitley

(1933–2025) Writer United States

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Denis Waitley was a writer from the United States, best known for The Psychology of Winning.

Quick Facts About Denis Waitley

Born: June 6, 1933
Died: June 7, 2025
Nationality: United States
Profession: Writer
Notable works: The Psychology of Winning

About Denis Waitley

Denis E. Waitley was 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. Denis died on June 7, 2025.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Denis Waitley

Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others.

Bases

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Optimism boosts your energy and focuses your sights on reaching your goals, rather than wallowing in your setbacks.

Boost

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You can only do good if you feel good.

Feel good

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Life is self-fulfilling prophecy.

Fulfilling

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There never was a winner, who wasn't a beginner.

Beginners

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The greatest limitations you will ever face will be those you place on yourself.

Faces

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The easiest thing is to make sure you feel happy and satisfied in this moment. Setting long term goals is much more…

Effort

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You must get money to chase you, but never let it catch up....

Get money

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Contentment is for cows; a challenging purpose is for people.

Challenges

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The season for enjoying the fullness of life - partaking of the harvest, sharing the harvest with others, and reinvesting and saving…

Autumn

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Goals are like stepping-stones to the stars. They should never be used to put a ceiling or a limit on achievement

Achievement

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The two greatest fear busters are knowledge and action

Action

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Positive self-expectancy is the first, most outwardly identifiable quality of a top-achieving, winning human being. Positive self-expectancy is pure and simple optimism:…

Achieve

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The seeds of greatness are ideas you learn from people who've been great in their service to others.

Greatness

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Discipline is doing within, while you do without.

Discipline

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The real champions in life are so humble and gracious. They just continue doing what they do without all the posturing. If…

Champion

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Instead of just letting life happen, I'm going to make it happen for me.

Happens

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Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior. Your inner drives will propel you further and faster than external perks.

Behavior

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Make certain that your goals are not measured in comparison with others.

Certain

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Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior.

Behavior

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Conceive + Believe = Achieve.

Achieve

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Expect to succeed even before you start. All winners, no matter what their game, start with the expectations that they are going…

Can do

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Put up the dream. Put in the knowledge. Put out the effort.

Dream

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Understand that you, yourself, are no more than the composite picture of all your thoughts and actions. In your relationships with others,…

Action

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Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do.

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Denis Waitley by topic

Inspirational (89) Success (64) Life (53) Love (49) Time (31) Goals (31) Goal (28) Motivational (26) Ifs (22) People (20) Winner (18) Self (17) Important (15) Failure (14) Attitude (14)