Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Not every day can be an easy one, nor every day fully happy; but even a day of tough going and difficulty can be a good day.
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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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Practice excited thinking until you become excited and exciting.
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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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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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When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
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Plan your work - work your plan. Lack of system produces that 'I'm swamped' feeling.
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You only lose energy when life becomes dull in your mind. Your mind gets bored and therefore tired of doing nothing.
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Hope is wanting something so eagerly that-in spite of all the evidence that you're not going to get it-you go right on wanting it.
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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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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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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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God answers prayer in three ways: yes, no, and wait awhile.
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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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Avoid arguments, but whenever a negative attitude is expressed, counter with a positive and optimistic opinion.
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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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No one can ever overcome anything until his thoughts are creative and positive.
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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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The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.
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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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Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person.
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Cut the "im" out of impossible, leading that dynamic word standing out free and clear-possible.
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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.