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.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEIf 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.
More Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.
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I expect the best and with God’s help will attain the best.
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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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Often we have no choice about doing things, but we can always choose how to do them.
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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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How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively.
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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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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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Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
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If you put off everything till you’re sure of it, you’ll never get anything done.
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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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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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The only people who don’t have problems are in a cemetery.
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When you affirm big, believe big and pray big, big things happen.
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Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself … nothing is impossible!
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