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.”
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEMedication is of course important but do not conclude that a pill dissolving in your stomach is necessarily more powerful than a healing thought in your mind.
More Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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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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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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What is hope? Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true.
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A basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.
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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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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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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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Put your trust in God and just go calmly on your way.
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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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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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Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
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Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.
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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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Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.
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Scatter good will and love and prayers all around, everywhere, and you will be astonished, not only by what it does for other people, but how it comes back to you in generous abundance.
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