M. Scott Peck Quotes

When we avoid the legitimate suffering that results from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth that problems demand from us.

M. Scott Peck

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• It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • People
  • Life
  • Happy

• There are some parts of my life that are wonderful, and it's amazing to get to go to cool events and award shows and things like that, but I think the outside perception is that your life just changes overnight and you wear Dolce and Gabanna suits and drive a Mercedes. But life's just not like that.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Life
  • Amazing
  • Cool

• I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.

  

  Adam Brody
  • Me
  • Movies
  • Hindsight

• If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.

  

  Kapil Dev
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Cricket

• I'm a real common sense guy who caught a lot of good breaks and who has been very, very fortunate.

  

  Vince McMahon
  • Good
  • Real
  • Guy

• If apartheid is removed, then the violence that is necessary to maintain it will be removed along with the pressures from apartheid which create a violent response.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Violence
  • Create
  • Will

• I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Think
  • Yourself
  • Confident

• Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.

  

  Jack Canfield
  • Action
  • Day
  • Fall

• I will negotiate with my worst enemy.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Enemy
  • Will
  • Worst

• I really am into crystals. I'm a real positive thinker. I believe in creative visualisation.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Believe
  • Real
  • Positive

• I have to entertain, because if I don't entertain you, you're not going to continue reading. But if I'm not out to enlighten, or change your mind about something, or change your behavior, then I really don't want to take the journey.

  

  Bebe Moore Campbell
  • Mind
  • Change
  • Reading

• I went through a big Kurt Vonnegut phase. But the writers who made me decide at a very early age that this is probably something I wanted to do were Stephen King and Douglas Adams, when I was probably, like, ten years old.

  

  D. B. Weiss
  • Age
  • Me
  • King

• I come from a poor family, so really, the culture I know best is the street, TV, school.

  

  Maiwenn
  • Family
  • School
  • Culture

• The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • People
  • Suffering
  • Authority

• Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

  

  Vince Gill
  • Character
  • Success
  • Said

• It is thought and feeling which guides the universe, not deeds.

  

  Edgar Cayce
  • Feeling
  • Universe
  • Thought

• It's fun to improvise, but I still think it's better to have a great script, you know, like a Charlie Kaufman script.

  

  Sam Rockwell
  • Great
  • Fun
  • Better

• You learn from your mistakes, and I think it's a good thing as long as you learn something.

  

  Yani Tseng
  • Good
  • Long
  • Learn

• They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world.

  

  Anthony Holden
  • People
  • World
  • Real

• I was really happy with Mike Green. Not only was he contributing offensively, but he was really making good plays, good decisions. Defensively, he was really strong. For a debut, I didn’t know how he would be just coming off a little bit of an injury. He was real strong. I’m glad he got through that. I think he’s looking forward to a good season now.

  

  Barry Trotz
  • Decisions
  • Plays
  • Injury

• The funny thing is, I really feel it if I don't run. I start getting sluggish, and I feel like I need to do it. That's how I know that the workouts are working - I miss them if I don't have them.

  

  Kai Ryssdal
  • Funny
  • Know
  • Start

• The main factors in terms of how tiring a season can be are governed by the number of races and the length of time between the first and the last.

  

  Allan McNish
  • Time

• Ethanol has reduced our nation's dependence on imported energy, created thousands of jobs, reduced air pollution, and increased energy security. And renewable fuels cost less at the pump. It is a growth fuel that fuels opportunities for millions of Americans.

  

  Lane Evans
  • Energy
  • Air
  • Growth

• When we avoid the legitimate suffering that results from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth that problems demand from us.

  

  M. Scott Peck
  • Suffering
  • Spiritual
  • Growth