Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Have absolutely no sense of guilt about being happy and successful if you operate honestly and with a sense of social responsibility.
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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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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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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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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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If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.
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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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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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Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
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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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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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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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We tend to get what we expect.
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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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Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.
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Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.
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Think, the successful idea is always in your mind. Think it out.
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Think enthusiastically about everything; but especially about your job. If you do so, you'll put a touch of glory in your life. If you love your job with enthusiasm, you'll shake it to pieces.
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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.