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.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEMake a mental list of happy thoughts and pass them through your mind several times every day.
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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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People fail to understand that unless they are themselves willing to give, they will never receive.
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Not every day can be an easy one, nor every day fully happy; but even a day of tough going and difficulty can be a good day.
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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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The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.
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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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Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.
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You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
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When you affirm big, believe big and pray big, big things happen.
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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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Put your trust in God and just go calmly on your way.
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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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What is hope? Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true.
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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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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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We tend to get what we expect.
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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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A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it.
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Live your life and forget your age.
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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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The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.
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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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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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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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Fear can infect us early in life until eventually it cuts a deep groove of apprehension in all our thinking. To counteract it, let faith, hope and courage enter your thinking. Fear is strong, but faith is stronger yet.
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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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