Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Artur Rubinstein, the famous pianist, was once asked the secret of his success-was it dedication, ability, discipline, hard work? Mr. Rubinstein smiled as he remarked, "It's hard to say, but one thing I do know: if you love life, life will love you back!" What a wonderful insight! That philosophy explains how a man in his eighties can continue to be so creative. For life is simply filled with exciting blessings for everybody. They're ours if we give enough of ourselves to life!
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Think health, eat sparingly, exercise regularly, walk a lot, and think positively about yourself.
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You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
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Avoid arguments, but whenever a negative attitude is expressed, counter with a positive and optimistic opinion.
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Always maintain hopefulness, especially when the going is hard.
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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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Develop a tremendous faith in God and that will give you a humble yet soundly realistic faith in yourself.
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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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Every problem contains the seed of it's own solution.
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I firmly believe that when you die you will enter immediately into another life. They who have gone before us are alive in one form of life and we in another.
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Always remember, there is more strength in you than you ever realized or even imagined. Certainly nothing can keep you down if you are determined to get on top of things and stay there.
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If you can only believe! If you will only believe! Then nothing, nothing, will be impossible for you! That is the truth and the Gospel, and it is wonderful. It's the good news.
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Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use. I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.
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Practice excited thinking until you become excited and exciting.
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Make a mental list of happy thoughts and pass them through your mind several times every day.
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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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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 workable and effective way to meet and overcome difficulties is to take on someone else's problems. It is a strange fact but you can often handle two difficulties-your own and somebody else's-better than you can handle your own alone. That truth is based on a subtle law of self-giving or outgoingness whereby you develop a self-strengthening in the process.
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Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.
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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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It is always to early to quit.
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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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Believe you can, and you can. Belief is one of the most powerful of all problem dissolvers. When you believe that a difficulty can be overcome, you are more than halfway to victory over it already.
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No matter how dark things become, someone is always with you - and that someone is God. He helps by giving you peace and a positive mental attitude.