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.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEPositive thinking is how you think about a problem. Enthusiasm is how you feel about a problem. The two together determine what you do about a problem.
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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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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 more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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People fail to understand that unless they are themselves willing to give, they will never receive.
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Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.
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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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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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Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
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Change your thoughts and you change your world.
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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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A basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.
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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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Expect great things, and great things will come.
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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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