Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.
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The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.
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Prayer is more than words. It's listening, seeing and feeling.
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Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
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Always remember that problems contain values that have improvement potential.
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A vital part of the happiness formula is self-discipline. Whoever conquers himself knows deep happiness that fills the heart with joy.
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People who are really efficient seem to do things easily, with a minimum of effort. In doing so they release maximum power.
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You do not need to let anything get you down, but if you are down you certainly need not let anything keep you down.
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The bigger your problems, the bigger your prayer should be.
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And if the mind thinks with a believing attitude one can do amazing things.
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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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Never let any mistake cause you to stop believing in yourself. Learn from it and go on.
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You can do amazing things if you have strong faith, deep desire, and just hang in there.
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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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Know that you yourself are a miracle.
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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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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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When obstacles or difficulties arise, the positive thinker takes them as creative opportunities.
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First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe.
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Expecting the best means that you put your whole heart (i.e. the central essence of your personality) into what you want to accomplish. People are defeated in life not because of lack of ability, but for lack of wholeheartedness. They do not wholeheartedly expect to succeed. Their heart isn't in it, which is to say, they themselves are not fully given.
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Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. Make all your friends feel there is something special in them. Look at the sunny side of everything. Think only the best, be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.
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If you are not getting as much from life as you want to, then examine the state of your enthusiasm.
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Do not let circumstances defeat you. You can if you think you can.
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If you worry, you are a worrier because your mind is saturated with worry thoughts. To counteract these, mark every passage in your Bible that speaks of faith, hope, and courage.