Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties - he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.
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When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
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Fill the day with enthusiasm. Give the day all you've got and it will give you all it's got, which will be plenty.
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Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
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Every day remind yourself of your own ability, of your good mind and affirm that you can make something really good out of your life.
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If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.
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Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
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A wish is an attitude of mind to which wings have been attached. You wish and you dream, and your whole nature focuses to bring your wishes and dreams to pass.
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Cultivate will power, that massive creative force that God the creator built into you. Do not let it remain flabby but strengthen it by use and exercise.
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To go fast, row slowly.
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Keep thinking, keep interested, keep praying, keep dreaming. Be mentally sensitive at all times so that the magic word that motivates you may one day speak to your deep inner self.
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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.
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The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of the things and stay there.
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One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that.
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Worry is an unhealthy and destructive mental habit.
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Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.
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Do not exclusively say your prayers in the form of asking God for something. The prayer of thanksgiving is much more powerful.
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When a person applies enthusiasm to his job, the job will itself become alive with exciting new possibilities.
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Just as we may learn from our successes (how to do it) so also can we learn from our mistakes (how not to do it). It just isn't in the cards that anybody should get by forever without making mistakes and perhaps sometimes making costly ones.
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We tend to get what we expect.
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Get the heat and emotion out worry, and put cold, ruthless scrutiny onto the problem, and worry loses its power. When we are worried and filled with apprehension, we become panicky and are likely to see only gloom and failure. There isn't any situation so bad that it won't become a lot better when you think rationally - and spiritually - about it. God gives you the ability to think rationally about things by filling you with peace and faith.
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Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.
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Keep your mental and spiritual contact points cleaned so that God can operate through your mind.
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By acting as you wish yourself to be, in due course you will become as you act.