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A basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.

Norman Vincent Peale

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
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Choice Criticism Deep Praise Ruin Save Trouble
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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Count Failure Frequent God Help Myself Word
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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Condition Habit Negative Positive Recognition Thinking Worst
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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Empty Head Heart Hold On
Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
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Believe Prayer Success Thinking Work
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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Determination Enthusiasm Feeling Positive Problem Thinking Togetherness Yourself
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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Action Build Confidence Different Greatness Result Success
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.
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Break Give Up Obstacle Stand Yourself
The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.
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Draw Person Positive Result Thinking
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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Art Forget Health Live Mental Necessary Person Success
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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Abundance Astonish Generosity Goodness Love Prayer Return Yourself
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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Determination Give Up Inspirational Try Yourself
A basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.
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Art Basic Practice Thankful Yourself
We tend to get what we expect.
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Expectation One Liner
Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.
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Fertilizer Negative Thinking
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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Act Courage Perseverance Quality Yourself

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