Denis Waitley Quotes

You can't think about what you're going to do in the future until you've done things in the present.

I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

I've always said I live in the present, and I build for the future.

Learn from the past, prepare for the future, live in the present.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Learn from the past, look to the future, but live in the present.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff.

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.

The future comes one day at a time.

All I can do is control my preparation process from both a physical and mental stand point.

I live in the present with an eye on the future.

Nothing is a bigger waste of time than regretting the past and worrying about the future.

A lot of times, if you stay in the present and focus on getting the most out of yourself today, then things work out the way they're supposed to.

For a long time growing up, I thought that everything happens for a reason and it's kind of already written. But as I've grown and learned various things, I think that the most important moment is the one that you're in, and that's the only moment that matters, that you can really control. The future is unknown, and the past is history.

For me, it's just staying in the present, enjoying what I'm doing, and making sure I'm making the kind of improvements and moves forward that I want to.

Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.

If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the inability or desire to organize around those priorities; or (3) the lack of discipline to execute around them? ... Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. On deeper thought, I believe that is not the case. The basic problem is that their priorities have not become deeply planted in their hearts and minds. They haven't really internalized Habit 2 [Begin with the end in mind].

If you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon.

The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment.

To make money, to gather knowledge, to learn a new skill, to explore new territory, even to get from A to B - for all these things you need time. For almost everything you need time, except for one thing: to embrace the present moment.

Always staying focused is something that's been very tough for me. I'm still working on it.

Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!

I'm not a potato sack; I've never sat on my couch. If I'm home, I'm cleaning, feeding my dogs, doing stuff. Life is too precious to waste time.