Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.
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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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Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.
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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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Before you go to sleep, run over your personal world mentally and thank God for everyone and everything.
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Having asked God for forgiveness, accept release, then truly forgive yourself and turn your back definitely on the matter.
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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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I place this day, my life, my loved ones, my work in the Lord's hands. There is no harm in the Lord's hands, only good. Whatever happens, whatever results, if I am in the Lord's hands it is the Lord's will and it is good.
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Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
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God is with me, helping me.
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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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A war fitness conference some time ago declared that the highest form of recreation is to go to church. The word recreation should be written re-creation. More real rest can be gained from an hour and a quarter of worship under these circumstances than by eighteen holes of golf.
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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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Fear is strong, but faith is stronger yet.
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Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
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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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The trouble with the average person is that he doesn't trust himself sufficiently to create and deliver ideas.
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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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Thoughts and words form your mental image. And since we become what we picture be sure your thoughts and words express prosperity and blessing rather than poverty and defeat.
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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 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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Through persistence, self-knowledge, prayer, commitment, optimism, a resolute trust in God and the building of your own personal moral strength, you can enjoy the blessings of a deeper faith and face the difficulties of life with courage and confidence.
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We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
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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.