You have a choice everyday, You can choose every morning whether you will be depressed and miserable, or whether you will be happy.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEA 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’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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Live your life and forget your age.
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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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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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The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
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The only people who don’t have problems are in a cemetery.
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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 basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.
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We tend to get what we expect.
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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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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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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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Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.
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Never let any mistake cause you to stop believing in yourself. Learn from it and go on.
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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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Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
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Every person, if he is to have mental health and live successfully, must move away from past failures and mistakes and go forward without letting them be a weight upon him. The art of forgetting is absolutely necessary.
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One of the basic laws of human existence is: find yourself, know yourself, be yourself.
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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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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.
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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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Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
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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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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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Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
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The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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