M. Scott Peck Quotes

You don't run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

You are fortunate if you have learned the difference between temporary defeat and failure, more fortunate still if you have learned the truth that the very seed of success is dormant in every defeat that you experience.

I need people who look at adversity as a challenge and failure as a learning opportunity.

Do not bring me your successes; they weaken me. Bring me your problems; they strengthen me.

I was lucky in that I had a mother that was full of this colloquial wisdom and she used to say to me 'You know, failure is not the opposite of success, it's the stepping stone to success. There is nobody who has not failed along the way.' So I think its very important for young women, especially as they are starting in life, to recognize that because otherwise, they only see people's success. So, when I speak, I speak of my failures.

When your way doesn't work, don't be disheartened. You must be willing to try another way. A closed door doesn't mean you have been cut off permanently. It is a challenge, an obstacle, a tool to be used.

The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.

Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and wisdom.

Every challenge is nothing more than a chance to make things better.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Trouble is only an opportunity in work clothes.

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.

Life throws many curve balls, and if you don't swing... you're never going to hit any!

Sometimes the hurdles aren't really hurdles at all. They're welcome challenges, tests.

I like challenges.

Not many people get up after a setback or two. But those who do make the impossible come true.

For the longest time, I was horrified to hear the word 'failure,' but I've come to realize that we all fail. It's just a part of life. We all fall. It's how you rebound that shows the type of person you are.

You don't have to cheat or steal to be successful in life, but you must be ready to convert your challenges to opportunity.

Obstacles are Opportunities in disguise.