A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it. Positive thinking is a form of thought which habitually looks for the best results from the worst conditions
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEYesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
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Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.
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Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.
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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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To cure worry, spend fifteen minutes daily filling your mind full of God. Worry is just a very bad mental habit. You can change any habit with God’s help.
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Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
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Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
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Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
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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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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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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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Help other people to cope with their problems, and your own will be easier to cope with.
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Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
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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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If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were – and as you act and persevere in acting, so you tend to become.
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Never let any mistake cause you to stop believing in yourself. Learn from it and go on.
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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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People fail to understand that unless they are themselves willing to give, they will never receive.
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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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You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
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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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Live your life and forget your age.
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The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.
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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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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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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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