Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEScatter 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.
More Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.
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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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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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Change your thoughts and you change your world.
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One of the basic laws of human existence is: find yourself, know yourself, be yourself.
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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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Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
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When you affirm big, believe big and pray big, big things happen.
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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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Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body.
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Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
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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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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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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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Nothing is more confusing than people who give good advice but set a bad example.
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It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
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Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
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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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Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.
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If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
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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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Live your life and forget your age.
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Make a mental list of happy thoughts and pass them through your mind several times every 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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Fear can infect us early in life until eventually it cuts a deep groove of apprehension in all our thinking. To counteract it, let faith, hope and courage enter your thinking. Fear is strong, but faith is stronger yet.
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