Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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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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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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Every person, if he is to have mental health and live successfully, must move away from past failures and mistakes and go forward without letting them be a weight upon him. The art of forgetting is absolutely necessary.
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One of the simplest things about all facts of life is that to get where you want to go, you must keep on keeping on.
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Every day practice emptying your mind of all unhealthy attitudes.
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Through persistence, self-knowledge, prayer, commitment, optimism, a resolute trust in God and the building of your own personal moral strength, you can enjoy the blessings of a deeper faith and face the difficulties of life with courage and confidence.
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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.
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Make a list of your friends and determine who is the most positive thinker among them and deliberately cultivate his society.
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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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You'll always get an idea if you think and don't panic.
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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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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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You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
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The whole trend and quality of anyone's life is determined in the long run by the choices that are made.
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Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you.
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Expect great things, and great things will come.
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Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person.
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Don't duck the most difficult problems. That just ensures that the hardest part will be left when you are most tired. Get the big one done - it's downhill from then on.
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Believe in yourself, believe in your future.
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Go at life with abandon; give it all you've got. And life will give all it has to you.
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Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
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We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
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Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.
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I believe in the power of Jesus Christ to resolve any difficulty, to remove any weakness, to heal any disease.