Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Any action is better than no action at all.
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You are greater than anything that can happen to you. In a big and terrifying crisis, people find within themselves a power and a strength and also a wisdom they had no idea they possessed.
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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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Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.
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Every day practice emptying your mind of all unhealthy attitudes.
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Take charge of your mind and begin to fill it with healthy, positive, and courageous thoughts.
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It is a fact that you project what you are.
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Religion does not blithely promise some sort of no-trouble, no-problem, no-poverty world; but rather a spirit, a power, an enthusiasm that endows everyone with the ability to overcome any and all of it.
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Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you.
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Stress the thought of plenty. Thoughts of plenty help create plenty.
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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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When we have peace in our hearts, we also have love in our hearts and good will toward all men.
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Though one may acquire much in wealth, fame, or honor, the real joy of life does not lie there but, rather, in keeping the romance of living going. Nothing gives such complete and profound happiness as the perpetually fresh wonder and mystery of exciting life.
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The secret of the law of abundance is this: In order to receive and appreciate the good things of life, you must first give.
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The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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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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Begin where you are. Begin now.
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Silence fertilizes the deep place where personality grows. A life with a peaceful center can weather all storms.
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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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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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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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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.
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One of the greatest of all principles is that men can do what they think they can do.
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It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.