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.
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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Put your trust in God and just go calmly on your way.
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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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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.
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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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We tend to get what we expect.
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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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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.
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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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Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.
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Live your life and forget your age.
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When you affirm big, believe big and pray big, big things happen.
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Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body.
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Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
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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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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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