The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing and becomes nothing.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEEvery 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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Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
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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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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 tests of life are not to break you but to make you.
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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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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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The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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The only people who don’t have problems are in a cemetery.
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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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Thoughts and words form your mental image. And since we become what we picture be sure your thoughts and words express prosperity and blessing rather than poverty and defeat.
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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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One of the basic laws of human existence is: find yourself, know yourself, be yourself.
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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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Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.
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Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
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