Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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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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Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.
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Believe that all the resources you need are in your mind. That is a formula that really works.
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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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Let go and let God. Let Him take over your life and run it. He knows how.
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God answers prayer in three ways: yes, no, and wait awhile.
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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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Expect the best, not the worst, and you will attain your heart's desire.
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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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When obstacles or difficulties arise, the positive thinker takes them as creative opportunities.
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Change your thoughts and you change your world.
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Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.
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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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Every problem contains the seed of it's own solution.
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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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People who are really efficient seem to do things easily, with a minimum of effort. In doing so they release maximum power.
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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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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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We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
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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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By success, of course, I do not mean that you may become rich, famous, or powerful for that does not, of necessity, represent achievement. Indeed, not infrequently, such individuals represent pathetic failure as persons.
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If you worry, you are a worrier because your mind is saturated with worry thoughts. To counteract these, mark every passage in your Bible that speaks of faith, hope, and courage.
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Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.
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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.