Wilferd Peterson Quotes

Be inspired by this collection of words of wisdom in these Wilferd Peterson quotes. His words contain wisdom and have application today. Wise thoughts for you to reflect on can be found here. Wilferd Arlan Peterson was born on August 21, 1900 in Whitehall, Michigan. He died June 2, 1995. He worked for an advertising firm. But he also loved to write. In the 1960's he wrote many inspirational essays for a magazine called This Week. He ended up writing many books including The Art of Living.

Be inspired by the wisdom of Wilferd Peterson:

Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve.

Champion the right to be yourself; dare to be different and to set your own pattern; live your own life and follow your own star.

Happiness doesn't come from doing what we like to do but from liking what we have to do.

Let me look upward into the branches of the flowering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well.

To be a friend a man should remember that we are human magnets: that like attracts like, and that what we give we get.

Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement.

Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others.

You may plan to write a book some day, but you are living a book every day.

Happiness does not depend upon a full pocketbook, but upon a mind full of rich thoughts and a heart full of rich emotions.

Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the aright attitude toward others.

You mould your character and your future by your thoughts and acts.

Decision is the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothing happens. Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if they are not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Tell the funny story on yourself so that the laugh is on you; always laugh with others never at them.

The best leaders are very often the best listeners. They have an open mind. They are not interested in having their own way but in finding the best way.

Big thinking precedes great achievement.

Great men are little men expanded; great lives are ordinary lives intensified.

Take a look at those two open hands of yours. They are tools with which to serve, make friends, and reach out for the best in life. Open hands open the way to achievement. Put them to work today.



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More inspiring wisdom said by Wilferd A. Peterson:
He creates mental pictures of his goals, then works to make those pictures become realities.

Each day is a lifetime in miniature.

Stay young by continuing to grow. You do not grow old, you become old by not growing.

Begin today to be the person you want to be.

The finest gift a man can give to his age and time is the gift of a constructive and creative life.

Success is not arriving at the summit of a mountain as a final destination. It is a continuing upward spiral of progress. It is perpetual growth.

Be grateful for the precious gift of life with its limitless possibilities.