If you’ve been full of error and defeat, be done with it. Say, “By God’s grace, I’m done with it,” and take charge of yourself like never before.”
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEExpect great things, and great things will come.
More Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.
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If you put off everything till you’re sure of it, you’ll never get anything done.
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It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
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The only people who don’t have problems are in a cemetery.
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Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. Difficulties must be studied and dealt with, but they must not be magnfied by fear.
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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it.
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Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
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Medication is of course important but do not conclude that a pill dissolving in your stomach is necessarily more powerful than a healing thought in your mind.
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Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
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What is hope? Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true.
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If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were – and as you act and persevere in acting, so you tend to become.
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One of the basic laws of human existence is: find yourself, know yourself, be yourself.
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A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it. Positive thinking is a form of thought which habitually looks for the best results from the worst conditions
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Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.
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