Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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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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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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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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Expect the best, not the worst, and you will attain your heart's desire.
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God is with me, helping me.
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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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People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
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Do not let circumstances defeat you. You can if you think you can.
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Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.
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Always maintain hopefulness, especially when the going is hard.
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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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Believe in yourself, believe in your future.
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When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
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You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
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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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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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One of the most powerful concepts, one which is a sure cure for lack of confidence, is the thought that God is with you and helping you. This is one of the simplest teachings in religion, namely, that Almighty God will be your companion, will stand by you, help you, and see you through. No other idea is so powerful in developing self-confidence as this simple belief when practiced. To practice it simply affirm "God is with me; God is helping me; God is guiding me." Spend several minutes each day visualizing his presence. Then practice believing that affirmation.
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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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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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Just a moment ago nature put on one of its most spectacular demonstrations.
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The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.
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There is only one group of people who do not have problems, and they are all dead. Problems are a sign of life, so the more problems you have, the more alive you are.
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Think health, eat sparingly, exercise regularly, walk a lot, and think positively about yourself.
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In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.