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.
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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You can be greater than anything that can happen to 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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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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A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it.
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The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.
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Live your life and forget your age.
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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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God never made anyone else exactly like you, and he never will again. Thank him for yourself and then for all the rest of his glorious handiwork.
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The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.
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Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.
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Whatever your problem, no matter how difficult, you can release spiritual power sufficient to solve your problem. The secret is–pray and believe.
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Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities — always see them, for they’re always there.
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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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Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
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We tend to get what we expect.
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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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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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Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.
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If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
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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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If you put off everything till you’re sure of it, you’ll never get anything done.
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Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.
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Help other people to cope with their problems, and your own will be easier to cope with.
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The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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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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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.
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