Denis Waitley Quotes

You can sometimes learn more working with less talented people, because you learn to survive.

If I can't find anything good, I am just going to have to get my butt in gear and start learning how to do everything.

What I am trying to say is that they need to learn to rely on themselves and to learn from other people, and when you learn something from other people, then you keep moving onward for yourself.

The determination to outwit one's situation means that one has no models, only object lessons.

Every time I work on a new set, I take whatever I can from it and learn as much as I can around the people who I am working with.

I want to learn from everybody.

I try to take things that challenge me either physically or mentally, or I have to learn a new skill.

If you always have a crutch, you don't learn anything.

I find the education I got from living in Derby and being streetwise and knowing the people that I know, the lessons that I had to learn growing up, have set me in good stead for this kind of working life.

There have been setbacks, illnesses and other obstacles, so inevitably I've had disappointments. But once you realise that things can't always go your own way, you're on the right track to being able to handle your own life.

Don't try to 'fix' the child's boredom - rather, let the child find his or her inner resources.

I have learned to feel my way through life, personally and professionally.

I'm really not thick-skinned - my wife will tell you that I take sunsets personally - but I know that I've got the belly for whatever comes down the pike. I think it's tenacity. You've been there before, and you just have to recall, 'How did I handle that one?'

The most important skill you need is the ability to learn how to change and grow.

When I found I could not figure something out, I decided to learn about it, until I knew as much as I could. It's my way.

I've seen new experiences and new challenges every year. I take them step by step.

You stay teachable most by reading books. By reading what other people went through.

I think part of being human is learning to roll with the punches, to deal with any kind of personal or professional disaster that might crop up. You have to learn to deal with that stuff or not survive.

The imperfections in my family made me learn to deal with things on my own and solve problems for myself.

Every day is a new day, and ultimately, I have to figure out what works each day.

Everything is pretty good in my life, and like everybody else, things happen, and you put your head down and solve challenges.

We get older, we get more mature and stronger mentally. You learn to deal with different situations.

Even though I hated being a backup as a competitor, I embraced my role and I found ways to get better on my own.

Ask yourself, how can I learn from the people around me. Often, your mentors are already in your life; you just haven't yet found a way to learn from them.

I think if something's wrong with me, I just kind of work through it. That's my mentality.