Peter McWilliams Quotes

Begin with the end in mind.

Always have a plan, and believe in it. Nothing happens by accident.

How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to?

The trouble with many plans is that they are based on the way things are now. To be successful, your personal plan must focus on what you want, not what you have.

if the way ahead is not clear, time is often the best editor of one's intentions.

Planning is the only way to keep yourself on track. Plan your moments to be joyous. Plan your days to be filled with peace. Plan your life to be an experience of growth. When you know where you are going, the universe will clear a path for you.

I played the way I did it because I knew it was effective. My intention was to win always, not to gain applause.

I am always focusing on what I can do better for years down the line.

I tell you this: Your Life proceeds out of your intentions for it.

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.

Without goals the very concept of intelligence is meaningless

I found that whenever I encountered a situation, rather than just reacting to it, it was tremendously useful to think carefully about how I should react to it and other situations like it. Besides providing me with more thoughtful responses in each of these cases, approaching things this way provided me and others with guidance on how to deal with similar situations when they came up in the future.

Make a point to continually search for a better way of doing things, even when things are going well, to ensure that a better alternative has not been overlooked and to keep your creative talents in practice.

Rich and successful people are solution-oriented; they spend their time and energy strategizing and planning the answers to challenges that come up, and creating systems to make certain that problem doesn't occur again.

I just want to do what has to be done so much. I'll never understand why everyone else doesn't feel this way.

The only real antidote to worry or problems is systematic, purposeful action in the direction of your goals.

I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan.

When any great design thou dost intend, Think on the means, the manner, and the end.

I am a person who lives my life based on intention. I don't do anything without intention because intention determines the outcome of your life. It's like cause and effect.

Luck is the residue of good planning.

Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end.

Great people have a vision of their lives that they practice emulating each and every day. They go to work on their lives, not just in their lives.

A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.

It takes a person with a mission to succeed.

Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.