Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Once we roared like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security! The solution for America's problem is not in terms of big government, but it is in big men over whom nobody stands in control but God.
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Change yourself and your work will seem different.
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Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
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Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.
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If you think in positive terms, you will achieve positive results.
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We live in the midst of the greatest scientific civilization in the history of the world. But the greatest wisdom walking our streets is not in any laboratory scientist, but the wisdom of Jesus Christ.
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Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
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Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems - with emphasis on seems. Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.
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Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.
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Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
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No matter how many worries and anxieties harass you, remember always that they are removable. Enthusiasm with its immense mental and spiritual power can cancel out all fear.
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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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Fear is strong, but faith is stronger yet.
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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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Expect the best, not the worst, and you will attain your heart's desire.
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Picturize, prayerize, actualize.
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You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
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Forget yourself! Think courage.
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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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Promise yourself success at the beginning of each day, and you'll be surprised how often things will turn out that way.
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In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
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Cut the "im" out of impossible, leading that dynamic word standing out free and clear-possible.
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You must feed your mind even as you feed your body, and to make your mind healthy, you must feed it nourishing, wholesome thoughts.
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The antidote to frustration is a calm faith, not in your own cleverness, or in hard toil, but in God's guidance.