Peter McWilliams Quotes (29 quotations)
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1. Acceptance is not a state of passivity or inaction. I am not saying you can't change the world, right wrongs, or replace evil with good. Acceptance is, in fact, the first step to successful action. If you don't fully accept a situation precisely the way it is, you will have difficulty changing it. Moreover, if you don't fully accept the situation, you will never really know if the situation should be changed. - Peter McWilliams
2. Acceptance is such an important commodity, some have called it "the first law of personal growth." - Peter McWilliams
3. As the world gets dumber and dumber, I feel more and more at home. - Peter McWilliams
4. Definition of a victim: a person to whom life happens. - Peter McWilliams
5. Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from. - Peter McWilliams
6. Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do. - Peter McWilliams
7. I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now. - Peter McWilliams
8. If our early lessons of acceptance were as successful as our early lessons of anger, how much happier we would all be. - Peter McWilliams
9. If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it. - Peter McWilliams
10. 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. - Peter McWilliams
11. In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts. - Peter McWilliams
12. It's your life. Live it with people who are alive. It tends to be contagious. - Peter McWilliams
13. Learn to ask for what you want... The worst people can do is not give you what you ask for—which is precisely where you were before you asked. - Peter McWilliams
14. Many people weigh the guilt they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take. - Peter McWilliams
15. Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on? - Peter McWilliams
16. One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about, and comes out in new and interesting ways. - Peter McWilliams
17. Pain (any pain - emotional, physical, mental) has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkably specific, but it usually falls into one of two categories: "We would be more alive if we did more of this," and, "Life would be more lovely if we did less of that." Once we get the pain's message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away. - Peter McWilliams
18. Resentment is anger directed at others - at what they did or did not do. - Peter McWilliams
19. Stubbornness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from "won't power" to "will power." - Peter McWilliams
20. The media tends to report rumors, speculations, and projections as facts... How does the media do this? By quoting some "expert"... you can always find some expert who will say something hopelessly hopeless about anything. - Peter McWilliams
21. The more severe the pain or illness, the more severe will be the necessary changes. These may involve breaking bad habits, or acquiring some new and better ones. - Peter McWilliams
22. The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news...And it's not entirely the media's fault, bad news gets higher ratings and sells more papers than good news. - Peter McWilliams
23. The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted. - Peter McWilliams
24. The simple solution for disappointment depression: Get up and get moving. Physically move. Do. Act. Get going. - Peter McWilliams
25. To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all. - Peter McWilliams
2. Acceptance is such an important commodity, some have called it "the first law of personal growth." - Peter McWilliams
3. As the world gets dumber and dumber, I feel more and more at home. - Peter McWilliams
4. Definition of a victim: a person to whom life happens. - Peter McWilliams
5. Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from. - Peter McWilliams
6. Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do. - Peter McWilliams
7. I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now. - Peter McWilliams
8. If our early lessons of acceptance were as successful as our early lessons of anger, how much happier we would all be. - Peter McWilliams
9. If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it. - Peter McWilliams
10. 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. - Peter McWilliams
11. In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts. - Peter McWilliams
12. It's your life. Live it with people who are alive. It tends to be contagious. - Peter McWilliams
13. Learn to ask for what you want... The worst people can do is not give you what you ask for—which is precisely where you were before you asked. - Peter McWilliams
14. Many people weigh the guilt they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take. - Peter McWilliams
15. Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on? - Peter McWilliams
16. One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about, and comes out in new and interesting ways. - Peter McWilliams
17. Pain (any pain - emotional, physical, mental) has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkably specific, but it usually falls into one of two categories: "We would be more alive if we did more of this," and, "Life would be more lovely if we did less of that." Once we get the pain's message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away. - Peter McWilliams
18. Resentment is anger directed at others - at what they did or did not do. - Peter McWilliams
19. Stubbornness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from "won't power" to "will power." - Peter McWilliams
20. The media tends to report rumors, speculations, and projections as facts... How does the media do this? By quoting some "expert"... you can always find some expert who will say something hopelessly hopeless about anything. - Peter McWilliams
21. The more severe the pain or illness, the more severe will be the necessary changes. These may involve breaking bad habits, or acquiring some new and better ones. - Peter McWilliams
22. The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news...And it's not entirely the media's fault, bad news gets higher ratings and sells more papers than good news. - Peter McWilliams
23. The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted. - Peter McWilliams
24. The simple solution for disappointment depression: Get up and get moving. Physically move. Do. Act. Get going. - Peter McWilliams
25. To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all. - Peter McWilliams
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