Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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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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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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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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A primary method for gaining a mind of full peace is to practice emptying the mind.
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Do not let circumstances defeat you. You can if you think you can.
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Picturize, prayerize, actualize.
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Before you go to sleep, run over your personal world mentally and thank God for everyone and everything.
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In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
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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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Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.
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If you expect the best, you will be the best. Learn to use one of the most powerful laws in this world; change your mental habits to belief instead of disbelief. Learn to expect, not to doubt. In so doing, you bring everything into the realm of possibility.
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You'll always get an idea if you think and don't panic.
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Just a moment ago nature put on one of its most spectacular demonstrations.
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Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.
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God is with me, helping me.
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Every night empty your mind of unhappy thoughts as you empty your pockets and come alive.
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Change your thoughts and you change your world.
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No one can ever overcome anything until his thoughts are creative and positive.
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Learn from both your mistakes and successes because if you learn only from your mistakes you will only learn more errors.
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Forget yourself! Think courage.
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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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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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The Bible - the wisest document ever known in human existence, which defies the ravages of time and change because it contains the truth that cannot be changed or invalidated.
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Remember: what you think you will become - good or bad, weak or strong, defeated or victorious.