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. - Denis Waitley
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives. - . - Denis Waitley
Everything that is past is either a learning experience to grow on, a beautiful memory to reflect on, or a motivating factor to act upon. - Denis Waitley
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes. - Denis Waitley
Make no mistake. You are your most important critic and your conscience your most important judge of character. - Denis Waitley
The price of success is to bear the criticism of envy. - Denis Waitley
There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them - Denis Waitley
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. - Denis Waitley
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside. - Denis Waitley
Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable. - Denis Waitley
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience. - Denis Waitley