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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I believe in the power of Jesus Christ to resolve any difficulty, to remove any weakness, to heal any disease.
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If you feel afraid, you can make yourself courageous by acting courageous. If you are feeling unhappy, by deliberately acting happy you can induce happy feeling. If you are lacking in enthusiasm, by simply acting enthusiastic you can make yourself enthusiastic.
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Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you.
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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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Think positively about yourself.... ask God who made you to keep on remaking 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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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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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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Begin where you are. Don't wait for someone else to change things for you. Do it yourself.
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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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Remember that "Help us grow this grass" is a far more effective sign than "Keep off the grass".
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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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A peaceful mind generates power.
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Stress the thought of plenty. Thoughts of plenty help create plenty.
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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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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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The mind quickly responds to teaching and discipline. You can make the mind give you back anything you want.
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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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Begin where you are. Begin now.
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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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In adversity keep motivated, for often the best comes from difficulty.
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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.