Peter McWilliams Quotes

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To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.

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To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves.

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Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do. Resentment is anger directed at others - at what they did or did not do.

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The irony is that the person not taking risks feels the same amount of fear as the person who regularly takes risks.

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If you're not playing a big enough game, you'll screw up the game you're playing just to give yourself something to do.

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As with most consensual crimes, this prohibition of hemp is both silly and sinister.

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When you start noticing even a small portion of all there is to be grateful for, you'll find there is no room for lack, hurt, or want. The attitude of gratitude: the great, full feeling.

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When thought and action are combined, the results are powerful-among the most powerful forces on earth. The combination of successful communication-the sharing of thoughts-and physical action can, literally, move mountains.

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The simple solution for disappointment depression Get up and get moving. Physically move. Do. Act. Get going.

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To the degree we can live without the things of this world, to that degree we are wealthy.

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I'm a confirmed negaholic. I don't just see a glass that's half full and call it half-empty; I see a glass that's completely full and worry that someone's going to tip it over.

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You have to follow the old rule for a while. In fact, once you master the old rule, you are then the master-and masters get to change things.

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For writing, getting off our buts means getting on our butts-putting it into a chair and not moving from the chair for a set period of time.

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Fear is the energy to do your best in a new situation. The feeling of fear (anxiety, nervousness, shyness, or any of its other aliases) is really "preparation energy". It's getting you ready to excel, to succeed, to do your best and to learn the most.

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This is a lifetime of good-byes. In our time, we will say good-bye to cherished people, things, and ideas. Eventually, we say good-bye to life itself with our death. Learn to say a good good-bye. Allow yourself to mourn each loss. As with a physical wound, the body has its own schedule for healing. It will tell you when it has healed.

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Drugs, gambling, and prostitution are the Big Three underground 'moneymakers' in consensual crime. There would be, however, significant boosts to the economy if the stigma attached to the other consensual crimes were eliminated through legalization.

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Willingness opens the doors to knowledge, direction, and achievement. Be willing to know, be willing to do, be willing to create a positive result. Be willing, especially, to follow your dream.

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This is how it happens. We get the Dream, but we don't get to dictate every step toward the dream.

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You need only look at what's in front of you and find something there to appreciate.

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Happiness requires courage, stamina, persistence, fortitude, perseverance, bravery, boldness, valor, vigor, concentration, solidity, substance, backbone, grit, guts, moxie, nerve, pluck, resilience, spunk, tenacity, tolerance, will power, chutzpah, and a good thesaurus.

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To change rules that are already in place takes time, energy, perseverance and a lot of hard work. You only have so many of these assets at your disposal, so choose with care the rules you want to change.

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The amount of power freed by telling yourself you no longer choose to put energy into something can be remarkable. Be prepared for extra energy.

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Let your intentions create your methods and not the other way around.

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If you want peace with others, don't fight them. Go your own way. Live your own life. If some walk with you, fine. If you walk alone for awhile, fine. If you don't like what's going on somewhere, leave. Maintain a portable paradise within yourself.

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The state, frankly, could care less. Historically, the state has been able to use any religious point of view for its own ends.... The examples of government misusing religion are endless.

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Although a lot can be learned from adversity, most of the same lessons can be learned through laughter and joy.

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This is our true wealth: the riches we take with us, the joy we carry inside, the support we learn to give ourselves, and the self-loving that flows as a natural by-product of that support.

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Gays seem to be at the bottom of the pecking order: no matter how far down the pecking order another group is, its members still feel superior to and have no problem picking on gays.

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The only difference between 'fear' and 'excitement' is what we label it.

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By pursuing any one of our dreams, we can find fulfillment. We don't need to pursue them all.

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