Peter McWilliams - People Quotes

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Many people weigh the guilt, they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take.

Peter McWilliams
Don't accept the limitations of other people who claim things are 'unchangeable'. If it's written in stone, bring your hammer and chisel.

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The purpose of education is to make the choices clear to people, not to make the choices for people.

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For many, negative thinking is a habit, which over time, becomes an addiction. A lot of people suffer from this disease because negative thinking is addictive to each of the Big Three: the mind, the body, and the emotions.

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I'm tired of people thinking that Libertarians don't have morality — that they don't have values. that's a lot of hogwash. Libertarians are the ONLY politicians with values.

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Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks, automatically enroll in the University of Adversity.

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For the most part, most people most often choose comfort - the familiar, the time-honored, the well-worn but well-known. After a lifetime of choosing between comfort and risk, we are left with the life we currently have....

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Acceptance is such an important part of happiness, contentment, health, and growth that some people have called it the 'first law of personal growth'.

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Every time we give our word, it counts. For the most part, most people give it entirely too often. Our word is a precious commodity and should be treated as such....

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First, all relationships are with yourself-and sometimes they involve other people. Second, the most important relationship in your life-the one you have, like it or not, until the day you die-is with yourself.

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When people don't understand that being uncomfortable is part of the process of achievement, they use the discomfort as a reason not to do. They don't get what they want. We must learn to tolerate discomfort in order to grow.

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People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to get things done make lists.

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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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