Peter McWilliams quotes - page 3

Anger begins as an inner twinge. We sense something long before it blossoms (explodes) into an emotional tirade. If we listen to this twinge -- and follow its advice -- the emotional outburst (or in burst) is not needed. (Peter McWilliams)

Marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science, and our leaders have lied about this consistently. Arresting people for medical marijuana is the most hideous example of government interference in the private lives of individuals. It's an outrage within an outrage within an outrage.

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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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Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?

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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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there is nothing to be done. only accept it... and hurt.

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Mistakes show us what we need to learn.

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We are not responsible for every thought that goes wandering through our mind. We are, however, responsible for the ones we hold there. We're especially responsible for the one's we put there.

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Fill your life with people who applaud your positive thoughts, feelings, and actions; who encourage you toward more and better; who know how to praise the good and beautiful.

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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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..we are trained as children to get good grades, get a good job, get a good spouse, get children, get ahead. In all this getting we get something else: anxiety and depression. (Peter McWilliams)

You can't afford the luxury of a negative thought.

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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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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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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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The willingness to do creates the ability to do.

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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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Positive thoughts: joy, happiness, fulfillment, achievement, worthiness, have positive results: enthusiasm, calm, well-being, ease, energy, love.

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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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Most of what's around us we take for granted. We ignore it. Appreciation-spending time looking for the good-helps us overcome one of the primary limitations to enjoying the wealth we already have: ignoreance.

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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. (Peter McWilliams)

Ultimately, censorship comes down to taste. What offends me may enlighten you. Do you want me deciding-based on my taste-what you should or should not be exposed to?

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All the things you think you should have done that you didn't do, and all of the things that you shouldn't have done, accept them. You did (or did not) do them. That's reality. That's happened. No changing the past.

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Emotion is energy in motion.

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Find your horse. Discover the direction the horse is going. Ride the horse in that direction.

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Peter McWilliams

Occupation: American Writer
Quotes count: 129
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