If we're not enjoying what we've got...and even if we do get 'more,' we won't enjoy that, either. Peter McWilliams More Quotes by Peter McWilliams More Quotes From Peter McWilliams If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts. Peter McWilliams knowing-who-you-are fighting inspirational 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. Peter McWilliams hard-times challenges dream Our thoughts create our reality - where we put our focus is the direction we tend to go. Peter McWilliams our-thoughts focus-and-concentration reality It is a risk to love. What if it doesn't work out? Ah, but what if it does. Peter McWilliams i-hate-you marriage tattoo 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. Peter McWilliams achievement order people Keep your goals away from the trolls. Peter McWilliams troll goal inspirational You can't afford the luxury of a negative thought Peter McWilliams enemy-within luxury negative To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves. Peter McWilliams positive inspirational love If you want physical peace, stop the struggle of life. Don't push the body beyond its fatigue point. Rest the body enough. Exercise it enough. Then let it be. ... If you want peace with others, don't fight them. Go your own way. Live your own life. If some walk with you, fine. Peter McWilliams paradise fighting want If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it. Peter McWilliams getting-what-you-want involved ifs Avoid People and Situations That Upset You. Those things, people, situations, and experiences you dont like--avoid them. Stay away. Walk away. Do something else. Some might call this cowardly. I call it smart. The world is brimming with things, people, and experiences. We will never experience all of them if we live to be 10,000. So why not associate with the ones that naturally please you? Peter McWilliams upset smart people 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 necessary-change pain health The irony is that the person not taking risks feels the same amount of fear as the person who regularly takes risks. Peter McWilliams irony risk inspirational 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. Peter McWilliams communication powerful moving 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 pain health fall 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? Peter McWilliams taste want may 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. Peter McWilliams dream doors inspirational When it comes time to teach, teach from your experience. Go out and do, learn from the doing, then teach from the knowing. Peter McWilliams teach knowing inspirational 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 creativity life interesting 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. Peter McWilliams persistence perseverance bravery
