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Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.

Denis Waitley

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Denis Waitley
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: January 1
Businessperson
Motivational Speaker
Writer
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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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Stop stewing and start doing!
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Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives.
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Your attitude is a choice you make.
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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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Discipline is doing within, while you do without.
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Individuals with a good self esteem can accept or reject the opinions of others, but never depend on them for their sense of worthiness.
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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.
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The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives.
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The truly liberated human being is not always fighting against something, but more frequently is fighting for something or someone.
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Real power comes by empowering others.
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All 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.
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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, remember the basic and critically important rule: If you want to be loved, be lovable. If you want respect, set a respectable example!
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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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You can only do good if you feel good.
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On our track to success, we have to fight the tendency to look at others and see how far they've come. The only thing that counts is how we use the potential we possess and that we run our race to the best of our abilities.
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Pessimists see a problem behind every opportunity. Optimists see an opportunity behind every problem.
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Losers take chances winners make choices.
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