We tend to get what we expect.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEJoy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.
More Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.
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Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
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Fear can infect us early in life until eventually it cuts a deep groove of apprehension in all our thinking. To counteract it, let faith, hope and courage enter your thinking. Fear is strong, but faith is stronger yet.
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Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.
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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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The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing and becomes nothing.
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Promise yourself success at the beginning of each day, and you’ll be surprised how often things will turn out that way.
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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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How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively.
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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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Begin where you are. Don’t wait for someone else to change things for you. Do it yourself.
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Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
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People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
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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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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.
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