Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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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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When you discover the wonder of giving, you will wonder how you could have lived so long in any other way.
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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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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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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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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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Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.
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Affirm it, visualize it, believe it and it will actualize itself.
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Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.
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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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We tend to get what we expect.
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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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Worry is an unhealthy and destructive mental habit.
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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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If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.
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Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.
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We reach the goal not by the stairs, but by the lift..... God pledges his promised righteousness to those who will stop trying to save themselves. Change your thoughts and you change your world.
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Think, the successful idea is always in your mind. Think it out.
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Keep your mental and spiritual contact points cleaned so that God can operate through your mind.
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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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America has become so tense and nervous it has been years since I have seen anyone sleep in church - and that is a sad situation.
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Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.
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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.