Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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God doesn't want us to merely sit around dreaming about things we can do and be. That's a good place to start, but a poor place to stop. God wants us to turn our dreams into action.
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The Prophet Muhammad himself sought to erase any distinctions between the message he taught and that taught by Jesus, who he called God's 'spirit and word.'
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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My grandfather arrived in Houston in 1942 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He had lost everything - his profession, his language, his money - but the city welcomed him, as it has hundreds of thousands of immigrants over the years.
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There is no bore like a clever bore.
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Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her.
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If you are in a relationship, it has to be a good one. If it isn't, it's best to just leave it.
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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
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We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.
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I think people I'm close to find it absolutely crazy that I'm famous.
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I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got to be very careful that it's not motivating you.
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I'm a relic, and things were a lot different when I was fifteen and sixteen. There were no cell phones, no laptops... I learned to type on an actual typewriter.
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There's nothing in the Bible that says, 'You must play video games.'
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I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
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You do show after show after show and get them done and on the air. Television devours material. We work a minimum of 12, 14 hours, and often 15, 18 hours a day.
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I think what's important is for us to decipher what is honest and what is dishonest and be accepting of those things and not operating from fear.
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There was no indication of panic. The broken files marched back in steady step. The effort was nobly made and failed from the blows that could not be fended.
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I cannot write long books; I leave that for those who have nothing to say.
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Ignorance can be improved; willful ignorance and inaction is inexcusable.
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Retirement isn't so bad. Give me a tall drink, a plush sofa and a rerun of 'Matlock,' and you can have the rest. Matlock is my hero. He never loses.
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Like other magicians, Obama has chosen his distractions well. The insurance industry is currently his favorite distraction as scapegoats, after he has tried to demonize doctors without much success . . . . Obama even gets away with saying things like having a system to 'keep insurance companies honest' - and many people may not see the painful irony in politicians trying to keep other people honest.
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Nothing of great value in this life comes easily.
