Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEThe tests of life are not to break you but to make you.
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Don’t take tomorrow to bed with you.
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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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Four things for success: work and pray, think 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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One of the basic laws of human existence is: find yourself, know yourself, be yourself.
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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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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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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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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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Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
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Nothing is more confusing than people who give good advice but set a bad example.
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When you affirm big, believe big and pray big, big things happen.
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The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.
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Every 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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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.
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