Denis Waitley Quotes

The person who is hardest to forgive is the one who can teach you the greatest lessons.

Women, the way I see it, are very evolved people. They're more mature, they're more aware of their feelings, in touch with their feelings. They're connected to things that matter more in life. They know what's important. Men basically run around like idiots until we meet somebody who can show us that those things are important.

The truth is that we should live with less envy and more cordiality and empathy.

Being in relationship with others helps us know ourselves better.

We have a choice. We can seek for the bad in others. Or we can make peace and work to extend to others the understanding, fairness, and forgiveness we so desperately desire for ourselves. It is our choice; for whatever we seek, that we will certainly find.

It is easier to recount grievances and slights than it is to set down a broad redress of such grievances and slights. The reason is that one fears to be thought of as an arrant braggart.

Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.

I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do that, you don't lower yourself down to your adversary. Just treat people the way you want to be treated.' I honestly think that's why I was able to survive and have some success.

All we will ever know and share about love, humility, compassion, and sacrifice - the secrets that will reveal and then resolve old sorrows - awaits us within ourselves.

I realise myself that hate wastes a lot of time and energy, and I would rather re-direct any energy that I have to good and positive use.

Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.

Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.

And if you stop and think about it you won't believe it's true: That all the love you've been giving has all been meant for you.

You may be sorry that you spoke, sorry you stayed or went, sorry you won or lost, sorry so much was spent. But as you go through life, you'll find - you're never sorry you were kind.

Everyone loses touch with their aspiration, and we need the heart to return to what we really care about. All of this is based on developing greater lovingkindness and compassion.

Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.

It's good for everyone to understand that they are to love their enemies, simply because your enemies show you things about yourself you need to change. So in actuality enemies are friends in reverse.

We experience God to the extent to which we love, forgive, and focus on the good in others and ourselves.

I forgive very easily, and I suppose, in the same way, I expect to be forgiven very easily as well. I grew up with that.

If someone is misrepresenting my playing career, I try to correct them. If they say something mean about me I'll let them know it hurts my feelings. But I've noticed that the best thing for me is to show love back to them and show positivity and by doing that you gain a fan.

Connecting with people who are able to maintain a sense of humility is really useful.

We only learn at the speed of pain, and we don't have others in our lives without forgiveness.

I always tell myself... that the faith I have is a gift, so I shouldn't take that for granted. And so when people are struggling and feel they have no faith at all, I shouldn't say, 'Well, it's their fault.'

A real good artist learns to be a better person through all the changes they've been through. They keep their loving and honesty growing and learn to look at the world and not be full of hatred.

For me, the healing process starts with graciousness and forgiveness.