Quotes by Peter McWilliams

About Peter McWilliams:

Peter Alexander McWilliams was an American self-help author who advocated for the legalization of marijuana.
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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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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.

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If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it.

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The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.

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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.

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Mistakes show us what we need to learn.

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Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort.

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Choosing what you want to do, and when to do it, is an act of creation.

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

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Our thoughts create our reality - where we put our focus is the direction we tend to go.

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What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal?

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Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it's a small price to pay for living a dream.

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While goals are chosen, a purpose is discovered. Our purpose is something we have been doing all along, and will continue to do, regardless of circumstances, until the day we die.

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When we put things off until some future-probably mythical-Laterland, we drag the past into the future. The burden of yesterday's incompletions is a heavy load to carry. Don't carry it.

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what would the masters do? when people arn’t successful, they sometimes wonder, why not? they get answers, then they wonder why those answers don’t seem to meet their needs. they get the wrong answers, and they get upset about it. perhaps they’...

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As the world gets dumber and dumber, I feel more and more at home.

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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...

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If you change the belief first, changing the action is easier.

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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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One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about, and comes out in new and interesting ways.

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Author Bio

  • NamePeter McWilliams
  • DescriptionAuthor, civil liberties advocate
  • AliasesPeter A. McWilliams; Peter mcwilliams
  • BornAugust 5, 1949
  • DiedJune 14, 2000
  • CountryUnited States Of America