A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEEmpty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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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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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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Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.
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Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
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Change your thoughts and you change your world.
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Put your trust in God and just go calmly on your way.
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Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.
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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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Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.
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You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
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The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.
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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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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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Make a mental list of happy thoughts and pass them through your mind several times every day.
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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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