Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALEIf you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
More Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.
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The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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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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Live your life and forget your age.
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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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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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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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Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself … nothing is impossible!
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The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
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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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Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.
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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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Put your trust in God and just go calmly on your way.
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Faith supplies staying power. Anyone can keep going when the going is good, but some extra ingredient is needed to keep you fighting when it seems that everything is against you.
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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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