Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
The great secret of getting what you want from life is to know whay you want and believe you can have it. Always do something for others, then ask God to help you get at it.
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God's not thinking about your mistakes, failures or shortcomings. No, His thoughts toward you are good.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the planet - I just like music.
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One of the things I do take some pride in is that if you had never read an article about my life, if you knew nothing about me, except that my books were being set in front of you to read, and if you were to read those books in sequence, I don't think you would say to yourself, 'Oh my God, something terrible happened to this writer in 1989.'
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The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me.
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What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.
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Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
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I don't know what I would have done without believing in God. His support gives me power and energy to continue to be optimistic, to smile, not to be depressed. Sometimes, if things are not going so well, I don't cry. I say maybe it's meant to be.
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The true object of war fought for God should always be peace.
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If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
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I talk to God every single day. And I say, 'God, my life is in your hands, and I trust you with me.'
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People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.
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I, for one, can't be sure at all there is a God.
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You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him.
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I do not believe wealthy candidates should spend vast resources in their own campaigns.
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God is love. He loves everybody. He loves you.
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Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.
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I believe if you are nice to people, children will follow. Likewise, if you are rude to people, children will follow.
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Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose.
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I've done enough of this that I can tell early on if it's going in the wrong direction or not.
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You know, it was important for me to do something like that, because nobody ever really thought I could do anything except look sexy on a poster and go shopping.
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In every age the church is threatened by heresy, and heresy is bound up in false doctrine. It is the desire of all heretics to minimize the importance of doctrine. When doctrine is minimized, heresy can exercise itself without restraint.
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If you play "I Don't Want To Know" by Fleetwood Mac loud enough -- you can hear Lindsey Buckingham's fingers sliding down the strings of his acoustic guitar. ...And we were convinced that this was the definitive illustration of what we both loved about music; we loved hearing the INSIDE of a song.
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The great secret of getting what you want from life is to know whay you want and believe you can have it. Always do something for others, then ask God to help you get at it.
