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
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEChange your thoughts and you change your world.
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The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.
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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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We tend to get what we expect.
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A vital part of the happiness formula is self-discipline. Whoever conquers himself knows deep happiness that fills the heart with joy.
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Often we have no choice about doing things, but we can always choose how to do them.
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Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.
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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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If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
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The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it.
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Have absolutely no sense of guilt about being happy and successful if you operate honestly and with a sense of social responsibility.
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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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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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The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
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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.”
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