Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Life is a blend of laughter and tears, a combination of rain and sunshine.
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Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.
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To experience the satisfaction and enjoyment of success in life, a definitive goal is essential. Many people fail at this vital point. The goal must be definite and specific, not in any sense vague or fuzzy. And to prove attainable, its image needs to be sharpened and resharpened continually, so that it stands out vividly in your thoughts. You must know, at all times, precisely and for certain what it is you want to accomplish and achieve. Strong and organized purposefulness toward a definite objective will focus your powers into a strong motivation in attainment of your goal.
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We live in the midst of the greatest scientific civilization in the history of the world. But the greatest wisdom walking our streets is not in any laboratory scientist, but the wisdom of Jesus Christ.
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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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Positive thinking is how you think about a problem. Enthusiasm is how you feel about a problem. The two together determine what you do about a problem.
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Nothing during the year is so impressively convincing as the vision Christmas brings of what this world would be if love became the daily practice of human beings.
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Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
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The word "no" denotes a shutting of the door. It means failure, defeat, delay. But spell in backwards and take new hope, for backwards it spells "on."
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No matter how many worries and anxieties harass you, remember always that they are removable. Enthusiasm with its immense mental and spiritual power can cancel out all fear.
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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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If I wanted to become a tramp, I would seek information and advice from the most successful tramp I could find. If I wanted to become a failure, I would seek advice from people who have never succeeded. If I wanted to succeed in all things, I would look around me for those who are succeeding, and do as they have done.
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Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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Good will cannot flow toward you unless it flows from you.
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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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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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The bigger your problems, the bigger your prayer should be.
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Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving,and of families united.
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Cut the "im" out of impossible, leading that dynamic word standing out free and clear-possible.
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Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
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Put your trust in God and just go calmly on your way.
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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.