Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEOften we have no choice about doing things, but we can always choose how to do them.
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Not every day can be an easy one, nor every day fully happy; but even a day of tough going and difficulty can be a good day.
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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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One of the basic laws of human existence is: find yourself, know yourself, be yourself.
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Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.
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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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Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.
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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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Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. Difficulties must be studied and dealt with, but they must not be magnfied by fear.
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Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.
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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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Believe you can, and you can. Belief is one of the most powerful of all problem dissolvers. When you believe that a difficulty can be overcome, you are more than halfway to victory over it already.
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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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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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Expect great things, and great things will come.
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Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
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