Denis Waitley

"The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success."

"Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art - an individual masterpiece."

"Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon."

"Time is the most precious element of human existence. The successful person knows how to put energy into time and how to draw success from time."

"Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning."

"There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them"

"Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success."

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude."

"You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes."

"Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success."

"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."

"Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well."