Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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God never made anyone else exactly like you, and he never will again. Thank him for yourself and then for all the rest of his glorious handiwork.
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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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I believe in the power of Jesus Christ to resolve any difficulty, to remove any weakness, to heal any disease.
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Getting along with the gang in one place is not any harder than getting along in another. It depends about 98 percent on your own behavior.
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The most vital, creative, and positive thoughts are those stated in the Bible. Its words are alive and form powerful thought processes.
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Every day practice emptying your mind of all unhealthy attitudes.
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Remember that "Help us grow this grass" is a far more effective sign than "Keep off the grass".
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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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Stress the thought of plenty. Thoughts of plenty help create plenty.
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A peaceful mind generates power.
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When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him. You lift the relationship thereby to a higher level. The best in the other person begins to flow out toward you as your best flows toward him. In the meeting of the best in each a higher unity of understanding is established.
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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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It is said that history turns on small hinges. A human career, too, results from an accumulating series of decisions about large and small matters over a period of years. But the catch is that you can never know when a seemingly small decision may prove to be, from the vantage of later years, the big decision of your life.
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Think joy, talk joy, practice joy, share joy, saturate your mind with joy, and you will have the time of your life today and every day all your life.
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There is nothing at all wrong with having money unless money has you.
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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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There are two primary forces in this world, fear and faith. Fear can move you to destructiveness or sickness or failure. Only in rare instances will it motivate you to accomplishment. But faith is a greater force. Faith can drive itself into your consciousness and set you free from fear forever.
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The best way to forget your own problems is to help someone else solve theirs. The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live. The best way to respond to wrong is to do what's right. The better we know ourselves the less we'll criticize others. The bigger your problems, the bigger your prayer should be.
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Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body.
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There are no circumstances in your life where God will not stand will not stand with you and help you, no matter what the trouble may be.
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Motivation is like nutrition. It must be taken daily and in healthy doses to keep it going.
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Begin where you are. Begin now.
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Stand up to an obstacle. Just stand up to it, that's all, and don't give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break, and it won't be you, it will be the obstacle.
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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.