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The trouble with the average person is that he doesn't trust himself sufficiently to create and deliver ideas.
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Hold the thought of all elements of the body working together in perfect rhythm.
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Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems - with emphasis on seems. Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.
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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
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Life is a blend of laughter and tears, a combination of rain and sunshine.
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People who have the courage to be individuals can usually think things through on their own and make sound decisions. They don't say, "What will people think?" They say, "What's the best way to handle this?" The amazing fact is that God created each one of us as a separate, unique person amid billions of other separate, unique individuals. So the best way to achieve real fulfillment is to be yourself.
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As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
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Believe that all the resources you need are in your mind. That is a formula that really works.
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Faith is the most powerful of all forces operating in humanity and when you have it in depth nothing can get you down.
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Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
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Fear can infect us early in life until eventually it cuts a deep groove of apprehension in all our thinking. To counteract it, let faith, hope and courage enter your thinking. Fear is strong, but faith is stronger yet.
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Not every day can be an easy one, nor every day fully happy; but even a day of tough going and difficulty can be a good day.
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Go to inspirational meetings, get to know men and women who are doing inspiring things. Above all, run as hard as you can from the cynics and gripers and the negativists. They are not going anywhere. You are.
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You must feed your mind even as you feed your body, and to make your mind healthy, you must feed it nourishing, wholesome thoughts.
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The Bible tells us that the sins of the fathers are passed to succeeding generations. The virtues of the fathers can be passed along, too.
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Learn from both your mistakes and successes because if you learn only from your mistakes you will only learn more errors.
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Practice excited thinking until you become excited and exciting.
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Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
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If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
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I place this day, my life, my loved ones, my work in the Lord's hands. There is no harm in the Lord's hands, only good. Whatever happens, whatever results, if I am in the Lord's hands it is the Lord's will and it is good.
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The bigger your problems, the bigger your prayer should be.
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One of the simplest things about all facts of life is that to get where you want to go, you must keep on keeping on.
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Everybody really knows what to do to have his life filled with joy. What is it? Quit hating people; start loving them. Quit being mad at people; start liking them. Quit doing wrong; quit being filled with fear. Quit thinking about yourself and go out and do something for other people. Everybody knows what you have to do to be happy. But the wisdom of the test lies in the final words: "If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
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A primary method for gaining a mind of full peace is to practice emptying the mind.
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