Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEAction 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.
More Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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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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Medication 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.
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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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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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The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.
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The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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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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Change your thoughts and you change your world.
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People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
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Whatever your problem, no matter how difficult, you can release spiritual power sufficient to solve your problem. The secret is–pray 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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Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
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Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
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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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Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.
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