Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEDon’t take tomorrow to bed with you.
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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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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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One of the basic laws of human existence is: find yourself, know yourself, be yourself.
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Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
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Expect great things, and great things will come.
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The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
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Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body.
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Action 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.
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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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Often we have no choice about doing things, but we can always choose how to do them.
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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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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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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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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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Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.
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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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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
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The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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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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When you affirm big, believe big and pray big, big things happen.
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How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively.
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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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Never let any mistake cause you to stop believing in yourself. Learn from it and go on.
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Don’t take tomorrow to bed with you.
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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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