Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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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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Practice excited thinking until you become excited and exciting.
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Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person.
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Know what you want and believe that you can have it.
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Expect great things, and great things will come.
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Make a mental list of happy thoughts and pass them through your mind several times every day.
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Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.
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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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Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.
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The big question isn't whether you have problems; the all-important factor is your attitude toward problems. How you think of the problem is more important than the problem itself.
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We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
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Change your thoughts and you change your world.
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Expect the best and get it.
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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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You'll always get an idea if you think and don't panic.
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We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
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No matter how dark things become, someone is always with you - and that someone is God. He helps by giving you peace and a positive mental attitude.
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The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.
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Plan your work - work your plan. Lack of system produces that 'I'm swamped' feeling.
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When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
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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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A primary method for gaining a mind of full peace is to practice emptying the mind.
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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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Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.