Stand up to an obstacle. Just stand up to it, that’s all, and don’t give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break, and it won’t be you, it will be the obstacle.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEBegin where you are. Don’t wait for someone else to change things for you. Do it yourself.
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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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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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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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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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The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.
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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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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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Often we have no choice about doing things, but we can always choose how to do them.
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Live your life and forget your age.
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People fail to understand that unless they are themselves willing to give, they will never receive.
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Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
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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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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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The only people who don’t have problems are in a cemetery.
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Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.
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