Nothing is more confusing than people who give good advice but set a bad example.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEThe only people who don’t have problems are in a cemetery.
More Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Positive thinking is how you think about a problem. Enthusiasm is how you feel about a problem. The two together determine what you do about a problem.
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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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Every person, if he is to have mental health and live successfully, must move away from past failures and mistakes and go forward without letting them be a weight upon him. The art of forgetting is absolutely necessary.
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Trouble is here. It is for a purpose. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended – to help you grow. Thank God for your troubles.
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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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The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
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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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Live your life and forget your age.
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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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Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself … nothing is impossible!
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The only people who don’t have problems are in a cemetery.
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The secret of the law of abundance is this: In order to receive and appreciate the good things of life, you must first give.
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Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you’ve got.
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Expect great things, and great things will come.
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Put your trust in God and just go calmly on your way.
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