The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEBecome 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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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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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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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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Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.
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Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
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If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
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I believe in the power of Jesus Christ to resolve any difficulty, to remove any weakness, to heal any disease.
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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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Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
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Expect great things, and great things will come.
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You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
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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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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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Begin where you are. Don’t wait for someone else to change things for you. Do it yourself.
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Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
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Nothing is more confusing than people who give good advice but set a bad example.
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A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it.
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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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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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Fear can infect us early in life until eventually it cuts a deep groove of apprehension in all our thinking. To counteract it, let faith, hope and courage enter your thinking. Fear is strong, but faith is stronger yet.
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Put your trust in God and just go calmly on your way.
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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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Faith supplies staying power. Anyone can keep going when the going is good, but some extra ingredient is needed to keep you fighting when it seems that everything is against you.
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Thoughts and words form your mental image. And since we become what we picture be sure your thoughts and words express prosperity and blessing rather than poverty and defeat.
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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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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.
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