Norman Vincent Peale on negative
Norman Vincent Peale81 quotes“A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it.”
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If you put off everything till you’re sure of it, you’ll never get anything done.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Expect great things, and great things will come.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Believe you can, and you can. Belief is one of the most powerful of all problem dissolvers. When you believe that a difficulty can be overcome, you are more than halfway to victory over it already.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Faith supplies staying power. Anyone can keep going when the going is good, but some extra ingredient is needed to keep you fighting when it seems that everything is against you.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Thoughts and words form your mental image. And since we become what we picture be sure your thoughts and words express prosperity and blessing rather than poverty and defeat.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale 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.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Stand up to an obstacle. Just stand up to it, that’s all, and don’t give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break, and it won’t be you, it will be the obstacle.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing and becomes nothing.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Never let any mistake cause you to stop believing in yourself. Learn from it and go on.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale
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I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
Joseph HellerJoseph Heller It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.
Ram DassRam Dass Don’t come to my house with negative vibes.
MadonnaMadonna I don’t want to speak negativity into existence.
SZASZA One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.
Michelle ObamaMichelle Obama Little acts of kindness and caring from other people rather than the negativity and anger.
Jack CanfieldJack Canfield Toxicity, hatred, and negativity say less about the subject but say far more about those who spew it.
Joshua BassettJoshua Bassett Be kind and spread love. I have been seeing a lot of negativity which makes me sad.
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