Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Expect the best, not the worst, and you will attain your heart's desire.
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Fear is strong, but faith is stronger yet.
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God is with me, helping me.
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Never let any mistake cause you to stop believing in yourself. Learn from it and go on.
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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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I was brought up on the romance of American achievement. No matter where you start, if you work hard and if you think positively and if you dream dreams and if you have good character, you can lift the status of yourself, your family, your friends and everyone around you. This doesn't mean that your object in life is to become rich or famous. Just do the best you can with yourself. I think that Almighty God has put that into us and I'm going to do the best I can with myself. That's what I call the romance of achievement. Achievement means to be what, by the grace of God, you can be.
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Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
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When we have peace in our hearts, we also have love in our hearts and good will toward all men.
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Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
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Every night empty your mind of unhappy thoughts as you empty your pockets and come alive.
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Avoid arguments, but whenever a negative attitude is expressed, counter with a positive and optimistic opinion.
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Think health, eat sparingly, exercise regularly, walk a lot, and think positively about yourself.
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Forget yourself! Think courage.
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Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
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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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The Bible tells us that the sins of the fathers are passed to succeeding generations. The virtues of the fathers can be passed along, too.
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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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You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
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Life is a blend of laughter and tears, a combination of rain and sunshine.
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If Jesus were alive today, he'd probably be at the Super Bowl.
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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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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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Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.
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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.