Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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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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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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A clean mind always delivers power.
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Do you think Christianity could have lasted for nearly two thousand years on its promises unless the Lord could deliver on them?
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Faith is the one power against which fear cannot stand. Day by day, as you fill your mind with faith, there will ultimately be no more room left for fear. This is the one great fact that no one should forget. Master faith and you will automatically master fear.
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Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.
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Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you.
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When you keep asserting that things are going to work out well, that you can do the job, that you will not have a flat tire, that you will get there on time, by talking up good results you invoke the law of positive effects and good results occur. Things do turn out well.
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We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
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The mind quickly responds to teaching and discipline. You can make the mind give you back anything you want.
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The man who lives for himself is a failure; the man who lives for others has achieved true success.
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God answers prayer in three ways: yes, no, and wait awhile.
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It is a fact that you project what you are.
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You became a worrier by practicing worry. You can become free of worry by practicing the opposite and stronger habit of faith. With all the strength and perseverance you can command, start practicing faith.
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Every day practice emptying your mind of all unhealthy attitudes.
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The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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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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Stress the thought of plenty. Thoughts of plenty help create plenty.
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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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Realize that there are not hopeless situations; there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.
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It is indeed possible for those who have the will, courage and faith.
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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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When learning stops, decay sets in.
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Develop serenity and quiet attitudes through your conversation. Depending upon the words we use and the tone in which we use them, we can talk ourselves into being nervous, high-strung, and upset. By our speech, we can also achieve quiet reactions. Talk peaceful to be peaceful.