If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were – and as you act and persevere in acting, so you tend to become.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALENot 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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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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Promise yourself success at the beginning of each day, and you’ll be surprised how often things will turn out that way.
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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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God never made anyone else exactly like you, and he never will again. Thank him for yourself and then for all the rest of his glorious handiwork.
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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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Put your trust in God and just go calmly on your way.
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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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Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
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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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Never let any mistake cause you to stop believing in yourself. Learn from it and go on.
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Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.
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The only people who don’t have problems are in a cemetery.
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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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You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.
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