Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Even if you may be down to the worst, the best is potentially within you. You only have to find it, release it, and rise up with it. This requires courage and character, to be sure, but the main requirement is faith. Cultivate faith and you will have the necessary courage and character.
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Know that you yourself are a miracle.
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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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You can do amazing things if you have strong faith, deep desire, and just hang in there.
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If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.
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Never react emotionally to what happens but always look for and find in every circumstance the good that's surely present there.
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Just a moment ago nature put on one of its most spectacular demonstrations.
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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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The greatest secret for eliminating the infirmity complex, which is another term for deep and profound self-doubt, is to fill your mind to overflowing faith. Develop a tremendous faith in God and that will give you a humble yet soundly realistic faith in yourself.
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Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.
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Cherish your family connections. They are one of God's greatest ways of demonstrating his love and fellowship.
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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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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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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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First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe.
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Always maintain hopefulness, especially when the going is hard.
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Jesus is not a memory. He is an actual, contemporary, reachable Person. He is the living Christ, who has the power to enter into people's lives and change and lift them up.
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To cure worry, spend fifteen minutes daily filling your mind full of God. Worry is just a very bad mental habit. You can change any habit with God's help.
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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.
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Put your trust in God and just go calmly on your way.
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Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind.
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If you expect the best, you will be the best. Learn to use one of the most powerful laws in this world; change your mental habits to belief instead of disbelief. Learn to expect, not to doubt. In so doing, you bring everything into the realm of possibility.
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When obstacles or difficulties arise, the positive thinker takes them as creative opportunities.
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If you think in positive terms, you will achieve positive results.