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.
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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Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
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When you affirm big, believe big and pray big, big things happen.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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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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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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I believe in the power of Jesus Christ to resolve any difficulty, to remove any weakness, to heal any disease.
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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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The secret of the law of abundance is this: In order to receive and appreciate the good things of life, you must first give.
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Change your thoughts and you change your world.
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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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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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If you put off everything till you’re sure of it, you’ll never get anything done.
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Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
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Scatter good will and love and prayers all around, everywhere, and you will be astonished, not only by what it does for other people, but how it comes back to you in generous abundance.
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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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What is hope? Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true.
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Nothing is more confusing than people who give good advice but set a bad example.
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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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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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To cure worry, spend fifteen minutes daily filling your mind full of God. Worry is just a very bad mental habit. You can change any habit with God’s help.
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