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.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEDo not build up obstacles in your imagination. Difficulties must be studied and dealt with, but they must not be magnfied by fear.
More Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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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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Don’t take tomorrow to bed with you.
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Expect great things, and great things will come.
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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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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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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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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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The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.
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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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I believe in the power of Jesus Christ to resolve any difficulty, to remove any weakness, to heal any disease.
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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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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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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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The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
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To be successful is to be helpful, caring and constructive, to make everything and everyone you touch a little bit better.
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