Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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The bigger your problems, the bigger your prayer should be.
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Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
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Almighty God freely bestows the good things in this world in proportion to a person's mental readiness to receive.
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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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Every problem contains the seed of it's own solution.
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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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Think health, eat sparingly, exercise regularly, walk a lot, and think positively about yourself.
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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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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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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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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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Infantile people complain and say that God is cruel or that there is no God. Mature people, however, know that there is wisdom and sometimes an eternal kindness in God's refusals.
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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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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 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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No one can ever overcome anything until his thoughts are creative and positive.
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Every night empty your mind of unhappy thoughts as you empty your pockets and come alive.
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Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
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Avoid arguments, but whenever a negative attitude is expressed, counter with a positive and optimistic opinion.
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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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Make a mental list of happy thoughts and pass them through your mind several times every day.
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Forget yourself! Think courage.
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Always maintain hopefulness, especially when the going is hard.