Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat him.
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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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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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I believe absolutely and certainly that, when you die, you will meet your loved ones and know them and be reunited with them, never to be seperated again.
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Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind.
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Faith is the most powerful of all forces operating in humanity and when you have it in depth nothing can get you down.
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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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Develop a tremendous faith in God and that will give you a humble yet soundly realistic faith in yourself.
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Families, like individuals, are unique.
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Know what you want and believe that you can have it.
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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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Trouble is here. It is for a purpose. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended - to help you grow. Thank God for your troubles.
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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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I believe there are two sides to the phenomenon known as death, this side where we live, and the other side where we shall continue to live. Eternity does not start ith death. We are in eternity now.
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There are some things you can't learn from others. You have to pass through the fire.
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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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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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When you get up in the morning, you have two choices - either to be happy or to be unhappy. Just choose to be happy.
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Every problem contains the seed of it's own solution.
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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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Just a moment ago nature put on one of its most spectacular demonstrations.
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You are greater than anything that can happen to you. In a big and terrifying crisis, people find within themselves a power and a strength and also a wisdom they had no idea they possessed.
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Always maintain hopefulness, especially when the going is hard.
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Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving,and of families united.