Denis Waitley Quotes

Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.

There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Life, is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.

If you come into success too soon, you'll burn out and be finished before you know it. If you let the maturation process happen naturally, you'll be happier with yourself in the end.

It's about process, the process of growth. It seems to me in my own life - and other minds throughout history have also observed this phenomenon - that growth seems to move in two directions at the same time.

My life guided me to express my full potential.

You have to go through the ups and downs to really be able to root yourself and focus on what's important.

Everything that, by the grace of the universe, I was able to become is the direct result of everything I went through.

I just keep surprising myself, I guess.

My journey has been beautiful, more than what I could ask for. Of course there have been ups and downs but I've been fortunate and grateful for this journey. It has taught me a lot, I've grown, become a better actor and a human being.

I would definitely tell my younger self not to be in a rush, on anyone else's timeline, and make sure that, along the way, that you take care of you first so that you can reach your destination.

Who you become while you're waiting is as important as what you're waiting for.

I'm a big believer in growth. Life is not about achievement, it's about learning and growth, and developing qualities like compassion, patience, perseverance, love, and joy, and so forth. And so if that is the case, then I think our goals should include something which stretches us.

The truth will always lead you to a better place and a bigger place. And every single setback, every single one, has led me - not in my time, but in the time that it was meant to happen - to a place that I never in a million years could have imagined that I could go or become.

The universe always gives you what you need to grow into the person you are destined to become.

Be successful not just in what you do, but in who you are.

Life is an aspiration. Its mission is to strive after perfection, which is self-realization. The ideal must not be lowered because of our weaknesses or imperfections.

We can never be like lillies in the garden unless we have spent time as bulbs in the dark, totally ignored.

Personal growth has its price, and she was paying it without complaint.

I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it's up to me to choose to develop them.

For me, so far, confidence has been a journey, not a destination.

You are the best lessons you learn from life. I have grown up learning from my life.

I've always wanted better for myself; I just didn't know what route I was going to take.