Stubbornness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from "won't power" to "will power.

—Peter McWilliams

About Peter McWilliams

Peter Alexander McWilliams (August 5, 1949 – June 14, 2000) was an American self-help author and advocate for the legalization of marijuana.

More quotations from Peter McWilliams

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

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

—Peter McWilliams

If our early lessons of acceptance were as successful as our early lessons of anger, how much happier we would all be.

—Peter McWilliams

Resentment is anger directed at others—at what they did or did not do.

—Peter McWilliams

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

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