Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
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Change yourself and your work will seem different.
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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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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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Nothing during the year is so impressively convincing as the vision Christmas brings of what this world would be if love became the daily practice of human beings.
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Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.
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A very real barrier to faith is this feeling of self-sufficiency, this unrealistic idea that one can accomplish everything by his or her own self. Some people have the conviction they must do it all alone. They have no faith in others. . . they are convinced that there is no one able to do the job as well as themselves. They refuse to admit that they may need the help of friends, doctor, minister, or even God.
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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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Picturize, prayerize, actualize.
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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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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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Cut the "im" out of impossible, leading that dynamic word standing out free and clear-possible.
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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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Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.
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Avoid arguments, but whenever a negative attitude is expressed, counter with a positive and optimistic opinion.
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No one can ever overcome anything until his thoughts are creative and positive.
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Forget yourself! Think courage.
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Expect the best, not the worst, and you will attain your heart's desire.
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You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
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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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Always remember, there is more strength in you than you ever realized or even imagined. Certainly nothing can keep you down if you are determined to get on top of things and stay there.
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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.
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Know what you want and believe that you can have it.