Wilferd Peterson

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Wilferd Peterson was an influential author known for his insights on personal growth and success, particularly in his work 'The Art of Living.'

Born
January 1, 1919
Died
January 1, 2006
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#2756

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"Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest creative thinkers of all time, strongly recommended the habit of meditation in the dark. He wrote: "For I have found in my own experience that it is of no small benefit, when you lie in bed in the dark, to recall in imagination, one after another, the outlines of the form you have been studying." He often awoke to find his problems solved. Da Vinci would often stand silent and motionless before a painting for hours, without using his brush, as though waiting for spiritual guidance."

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"When a man has reverence for life, he will never do anything to harm, hinder or destroy life. Instead he bends every effort to help life to fulfill its highest destiny. He strives to maintain, enhance and assist life to make the most of itself."

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"Prayer does not change God, it changes us. It deepens insight, increases intuitive perception, expands consciousness. It transforms personality."

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"There are no secrets of success. Success is doing the things you know you should do. Success is not doing the things you know you shouldn't do. Success is not limited to any one area of your life. It encompasses all the facets of your relationships: as parent, as wife or husband, as citizen, neighbor, worker and all of the others. Success is not confined to any one part of your personality but is related to the development of all the parts: body, mind, heart and spirit. It is making the most of your total self."

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"The master secret of happiness is to meet the challenge of each new day with the serene faith that: "All things work together for good to them that love God.""

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"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."

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"Each moment of your life is a brush stroke in the painting of your growing career. There are the bold, sweeping strokes of one increasing, dynamic purpose. There are the lights and shadows that make your life deep and strong. There are the little touches that add the stamp of character and worth. The art of achievement is the art of making life-your life-a masterpiece."

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"Release your problem to God with a prayer that the answer will come in its own good time and place. Hold the attitude of faith and expectancy, knowing that God has all the answers, that His knowledge is limitless and can never be exhausted."

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"Believe! An old Latin proverb reads: "Believe that you have it and you have it.""

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"Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement. Legend tells us that Lincoln's dying mother called her small son to her bedside and whispered, 'Be somebody, Abe'."

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"Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness, imagination, initiative, tolerance, honesty, humility, patience, and enthusiasm."

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

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"Friendship, awareness, happiness, all of the arts of the good life, are brilliant beads strung on the golden cord of love."

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"In cathedral or cottage, the art of worship is an inner adventure; it is the personal practice of the presence of God."

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"It is looking for the joys that come in small, precious packages and making the most of them, knowing that big packages of joy are few and far between."

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"A man practices the art of adventure when he heroically faces up to life. When he has the daring to open doors to new experiences. When he is unafraid of new ideas, new theories and new philosophies. When he has the curiosity to experiment. When he breaks the chain of routine."

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"A person is alive only to the degree that he or she is aware. To make the most of life we must constantly strive to be aware of the importance of being aware. Be aware of your senses and use them: So often we are distracted and unconscious of the riches our senses can pour into our lives. We eat food without tasting it, listen to music without hearing it, smell without experiencing the pungency of odors and the delicacy of perfumes, touch without feeling the grain or texture, and see without appreciating the beauty around us."

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"There are no secrets of success. Success is doing the things you know you should do. Success is not doing the things you know you should not do."

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"Many times we will get more ideas and better ideas in two hours of creative loafing than in eight hours at a desk."

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