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Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.

Norman Vincent Peale

The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing and becomes nothing.
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Greatness Person Risk
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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Choice Depression Happiness Misery Morning Yourself
The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.
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Draw Person Positive Result Thinking
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.
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Problem Seed Solution Yourself
Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.
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Excuse Fear Quit Reason
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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Darkness Possible See Yourself
Often we have no choice about doing things, but we can always choose how to do them.
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Choice Ourselves Way
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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Build Deal Difficult Imagination Obstacle Yourself
The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.
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Break Inspirational Life Yourself
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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Blessing Defeat Expression Image Mental Photograph Poverty Prosperity Thinking Word
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
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Belief Defeat Faith Hope Talk Victory
Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you’ve got.
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Effort Game Inspirational Life Yourself
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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Beginning Body Learning Mindset Peace Precious Spirit
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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Action Build Confidence Different Greatness Result Success
If you’ve been full of error and defeat, be done with it. Say, “By God’s grace, I’m done with it,” and take charge of yourself like never before.”
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Charge Defeat Errors God Grace Yourself
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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Eyes Heart Impossible Sing Yourself
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
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Choice Criticism Deep Praise Ruin Save Trouble
Help other people to cope with their problems, and your own will be easier to cope with.
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Easy Help People Problem Yourself
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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Break Give Up Obstacle Stand Yourself
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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Better God Right Willing Yourself
Have absolutely no sense of guilt about being happy and successful if you operate honestly and with a sense of social responsibility.
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Guilty Happiness Honesty Responsibility Social Success
The secret of the law of abundance is this: In order to receive and appreciate the good things of life, you must first give.
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Abundance Goodness Law Life Secret Yourself
Frequently remind yourself that God is with you, that He will never fail you, that you can count upon him. Say these words, “God is with me, helping me.”
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Count Failure Frequent God Help Myself Word
Begin where you are. Don’t wait for someone else to change things for you. Do it yourself.
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Beginning Change Independent Wait Yourself
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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Big Energy Lose Spiritual Yourself
Trouble is here. It is for a purpose. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended – to help you grow. Thank God for your troubles.
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God Growth Help Purpose Thankful Trouble Yourself
If you put off everything till you’re sure of it, you’ll never get anything done.
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Time Wait Work Yourself

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