Peter Mcwilliams Quotes

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.

~ Peter Mcwilliams

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

Some of what we learned early on turned out to be true (the earth is round, if you want a friend be a friend, cleanliness is next to impossible) and some of it turned out to be false (Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Kansas is more fun than Oz).

~ Peter Mcwilliams

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’re really getting the right answers, but answering the wrong questions.too many people ask nothing but “Why” questions.they analyze and analyse problems - but no solution. “you can analyse a glass of water and you’re left with a lot of chemical components, but nothing you can drink”.“Why?” questions can drive us crazy. “What?” questions drive us sane.What questions lead us to practical solutions.

~ Peter Mcwilliams

To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves.

~ Peter Mcwilliams

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.

~ Peter Mcwilliams