Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEThoughts 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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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.
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The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.
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Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.
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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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You have a choice everyday, You can choose every morning whether you will be depressed and miserable, or whether you will be happy.
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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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Positive 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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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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Often we have no choice about doing things, but we can always choose how to do them.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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