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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

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Denis Waitley
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: January 1
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Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
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You are your own scriptwriter and the play is never finished, no matter what your age or position in life.
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Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned or worn.
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Chase your passion, not your pension.
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The confidence you need is belief in your potential. If you see world-class potential in yourself, you'll put in the effort. If you don't see the potential, you won't put in the effort and you'll wait for the performance, and the performance always follows the belief in self.
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Winners can tell you where they are going and what they plan to do along the way.
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The stretch of the limousine usually is inversely proportional to the self esteem of the person riding in it.
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It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.
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Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.
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Expect the best convert problems into opportunities be dissatisfied with the status quo focus on where you want to go, instead of where you're coming from and most importantly, decide to be happy, knowing it's an attitude, a habit gained from daily practice, and not a result or payoff.
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Commitment doesn't guarantee success, but lack of commitment guarantees you'll fall far short of your potential.
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Integrity, a standard of personal morality and ethics, is not relative to the situation you happen to find yourself in and doesn't sell out to expediency. Its short supply is getting shorter - but without it, leadership is a facade.
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I would rather fail trying than succeed at doing nothing.
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You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective.
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Profit is the celebration of service.
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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.
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The most important conversations, briefings, meeting, and lectures you will ever have will be those you hold with yourself in the privacy of your own mind.
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You've got more potential than you could use in a thousand lifetimes, I see world class potential in you? But one of the secrets, is you're as good as the best ? you don't have to be better than the rest.
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Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager.
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