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.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEDwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.
More Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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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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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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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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Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you’ve got.
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Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
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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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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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People fail to understand that unless they are themselves willing to give, they will never receive.
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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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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.
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Expect great things, and great things will come.
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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 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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Don’t take tomorrow to bed with you.
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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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Never let any mistake cause you to stop believing in yourself. Learn from it and go on.
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You have a choice everyday, You can choose every morning whether you will be depressed and miserable, or whether you will be happy.
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Faith supplies staying power. Anyone can keep going when the going is good, but some extra ingredient is needed to keep you fighting when it seems that everything is against you.
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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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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.
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Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
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Live your life and forget your age.
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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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Help other people to cope with their problems, and your own will be easier to cope with.
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Whatever your problem, no matter how difficult, you can release spiritual power sufficient to solve your problem. The secret is–pray and believe.
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