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.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEWhen you affirm big, believe big and pray big, big things happen.
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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.
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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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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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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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People fail to understand that unless they are themselves willing to give, they will never receive.
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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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Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move 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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Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
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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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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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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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Begin where you are. Don’t wait for someone else to change things for you. Do it yourself.
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People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
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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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