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 PEALEIt 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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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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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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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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Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.
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Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.
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People fail to understand that unless they are themselves willing to give, they will never receive.
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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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Not every day can be an easy one, nor every day fully happy; but even a day of tough going and difficulty can be a good day.
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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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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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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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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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Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.
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Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you’ve got.
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Medication is of course important but do not conclude that a pill dissolving in your stomach is necessarily more powerful than a healing thought in your mind.
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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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One of the basic laws of human existence is: find yourself, know yourself, be yourself.
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The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing and becomes nothing.
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A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it.
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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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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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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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Put your trust in God and just go calmly on your way.
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Never let any mistake cause you to stop believing in yourself. Learn from it and go on.
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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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