Peter McWilliams Want Quotations

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

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

We can do anything we want. The next time you hear yourself saying, to another-and especially yourself-I Can't, take a deep breath and say instead, My resources are otherwise engaged.

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?

You can have anything in life you really want - but you can't have everything in life you really want. Decide.

If we aren't actively pursuing what we want, we don't really want it.

You can change anything you want. You just can't change everything you want.

If you want peace with others, don't fight them. Go your own way. Live your own life. If some walk with you, fine. If you walk alone for awhile, fine. If you don't like what's going on somewhere, leave. Maintain a portable paradise within yourself.