Denis Waitley Quotes

Ask me not what I have, but what I am.

You don't need the iPhone: you have the most exquisite apparatus in the known universe sitting right in your head - the most complex organization of matter in the entire universe. And here are we, feeling a little depressed, feeling like we're not getting where we need to be, when really you might be exactly where you need to be.

There are lots of things I'm acquainting myself with now to be a more well-rounded person.

All is worthwhile if the soul is not small.

If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.

You can always find the sun within yourself if you will only search.

If you're being ignored, that's a good time to concentrate on finding yourself and creating your own mystery.

Your sole contribution to the sum of things is yourself.

I don't think balance is something you get from someone else; it's something women have to find from within. For me, finding balance is still a work in progress.

'Who do you think you are?' That's the big one, isn't it? A flourishing life depends on how you answer that.

New experiences give you new perspectives on life.

Through life's ups and downs, and the few mistakes we make and all the successes that we get, let nobody - nobody's opinion - define who you are. And if anybody defines who you are, let it be yourself.

You have to know what your value is. I started learning my value when I was 12 years old.

Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them.

Sometimes it's the toughest moments that you learn the most about yourself, and the more you know yourself, the less you are willing to give away.

Take the time to define yourself and define your value. If you're having a hard time doing that, ask yourself: What is something I would say to someone I love?

In the private sanctuary of one's own conscience lies that spirit, that determination to cast off the old person and to measure up to the statue of true potential.

Life is constantly weighing us in very sensitive scales, and telling every one of us precisely what his real weight is to the last grain of dust.

But, finally, I had to open my eyes. I had to stop keeping secrets. The truth, thankfully, is insistent. What I saw then made action necessary. I had to see people for who they were. I had to understand why I made the choices I did. Why I had given them my loyalty. I had to make changed. I had to stop allowing love to be dangerous. I had to learn how to protect myself. But first… I had to look

I believe in the importance of seeking self-knowledge. The more I know myself, the more I feel empowered.

Forgive me, that I manage badly, Manage badly but live gloriously, That I leave traces of myself in my songs, That I appeared to you in waking dreams.

Trust yourself,..dig deep down and ask yourself who you want to be? Not what, but who?

Perhaps we shall learn, as we pass through this age, that the 'other self" is more powerful than the physical self we see when we look into a mirror.

I went deep inside myself. I had time to explore my beliefs and because of that I'm stronger. Bob Marley (March 1981)

You really have to know who you are. It takes, uh it's not that easy.