M. Scott Peck Quotes

The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles.

Sometimes if you got a problem deep rooted in your life, it takes a little bit of time to overcome it in that area.

Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.

When you're in a situation, you can complain about it, you can feel sorry for yourself, you can do a lot of things. But how are you gonna make the situation better?

Life is going to present you with tons of problems, it's what you do about them that matters.

Life is problems. Living is solving problems.

Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them?

Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.

I don't have any problems in life, just situations.

All of us suffer difficulties in our lives. And if you say to yourself 'find a way,' you'll make it through.

Making the best of things is... a damn poor way of dealing with them. My whole life has been a series of escapes from that quicksand.

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

What good does it do to be afraid? It doesn't help anything. You better try and figure out what's happening and correct it.

I never have been insecure, because I see what a waste it is. I know there is a solution to insecurity. I don't tend to be thrown by problems that don't have solutions. And insecurity has a wealth of alternatives.

The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.

Think of it this way: If you got a flat tire, what would you do? Change the tire? Or get out of the car and slash the other three tires? No! Get back on the road. Don't dwell on it; don't beat yourself up. That gets you nowhere.

I think I have a bright future. I know I have a problem which is going to be with me for the rest of my life, but it's for me to manage it.

When life is going to present you with tons of problems - really hard ones, some less hard, some debilitating - it's what you do about them that matters.

You have to look at your situation, and 'how do I make the best of my situation every single night?' That's what I looked to do.

Ninety-nine percent of getting over a problem is mental.

Life is a never-ending stream of problems that must be confronted, surmounted, and/or solved.

Life is hard. Life is difficult. Life is going to punch you in the gut. But when you change your attitude, you change your behavior. When your behavior changes, so do your results.