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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I don't believe that competitions are important.
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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 can't believe everything you read. I am only six foot three, by the way.
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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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God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.
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Theories of history used to be supernatural: the divine ruled time; the hand of God, a special providence, lay behind the fall of each sparrow. If the present differed from the past, it was usually worse: supernatural theories of history tend to involve decline, a fall from grace, the loss of God's favor, corruption.
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I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.
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The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth.
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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.
