Denis Waitley Quotes

When people feel that they have failed, it's usually because somebody or something caused them to feel that way and taste defeat. I refuse to dwell on that. Yes, it sucks at first, and the feeling is valid, but it all happens for a reason.

Perhaps the most important thing I could say is to never be thrown by failure and mistakes. Each and everything that happens, even if it was not what you hoped would happen, is a valuable, life-learning tool. And you will only achieve success if you know how to learn from your failures and mistakes. It’s vital.

I'm never at my worst because even at my lowest, its a learning experience. It's something that I'll bounce ideas off. I can take negatives and flip them to positives at all times.

There are no failures in life: only learning opportunities.

Those who profit from adversity possess a spirit of humility and are therefore inclined to make the necessary changes needed to learn from their mistakes, failures, and losses. ... When we are focused too much on ourselves, we lose perspective. Humility allows us to regain perspective and see the big picture. ... Humility allows us to let go of perfection and keep trying.

If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect, we will immediately feel overwhelmed.

Learn from the negative as well as the positive, from the failures as well as the successes.

I'm often asked, Which is more important--attitude or skill? The answer is that it's somewhat like asking which leg of a three-legged stool is most important. It is my complete conviction, based on a considerable amount of research, that if you have the right attitude, combined with the right skills, and build your attitude and your skills on a solid character base, you can enjoy long-lasting success.

If you grow yourself to become a successful person, in strength of character and mind, you will naturally be successful in anything and everything you do.

The most creative and most periods of my life that were, had the most growth, were the ones where I was perceived to be failing. Perceived success is a, is really hard 'cause it doesn't really, it's not asking you to grow, see failure is asking you to grow.

Learn to recognize and combat the enemies of potential.

Failure is an event, it is not a person.

I don't like to focus on things that don't make me happy and that I can't change. I'd rather try my best to learn from it and move on.

I find that comforting and an equally purposeful way to think, that there's lots of ways to flex both your strengths and your weaknesses.

If I go through something bad, I try to turn it into something positive.

We have all made mistakes in this life. How we learn from our mistakes is the measure of who we are.

Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.

Something horrible may have happened to you, but you always have a choice in how you respond to it. You have the "Why does bad stuff always happen to me? I'm never going to find happiness" option, and the "This sucks but I'm going to learn and evolve from it, examine what role I played in it, and ultimately it will help me become the person I'm supposed to be" option.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, ... Your life will never be the same again.

I may be a mistake maker, but I'm also a mistake breaker.

Much of life is about failure, whether we acknowledge it or not, and your destiny is profoundly shaped by how effectively you learn from and adapt to failure.

You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are.

It's definitely the biggest lesson - not to take things personally. But it's also the hardest one.

When every situation which life can offer is turned to the profit of spiritual growth, no situation can really be a bad one.