A vital part of the happiness formula is self-discipline. Whoever conquers himself knows deep happiness that fills the heart with joy.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEIf you put off everything till you’re sure of it, you’ll never get anything done.
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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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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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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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Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.
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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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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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Scatter good will and love and prayers all around, everywhere, and you will be astonished, not only by what it does for other people, but how it comes back to you in generous abundance.
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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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Believe you can, and you can. Belief is one of the most powerful of all problem dissolvers. When you believe that a difficulty can be overcome, you are more than halfway to victory over it already.
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Make a mental list of happy thoughts and pass them through your mind several times every day.
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Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.
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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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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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If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
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Nothing is more confusing than people who give good advice but set a bad example.
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