Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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One person can make a difference. You don't have to be a big shot. You don't have to have a lot of influence. You just have to have faith in your power to change things.
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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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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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So deep and meaningful is the joy and the enthusiasm that is born in one's mind and heart by human love and helpfulness that it has the power to motivate for a lifetime. . . . You don't have to be a doctor to say or do that which puts light in a human eye or joy on a human face. Simply practice Jesus' commandment that we love one another. Go out and do something for somebody. These are the things that make happy people. Here is the one never-failing source of the joy and enthusiasm we are talking about.
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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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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.
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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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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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It is a fact that you project what you are.
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Often we have no choice about doing things, but we can always choose how to do them.
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God loves you. God doesn't want anyone to be hungry and oppressed. He just puts his big arms around everybody and hugs them up against himself.
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God in His answers to prayer often says "Yes." Sometimes He says "Wait." Often He says "No." In any case, His will is done, and true faith is to believe that what happened has happened for the best. If one does not take that attitude, he is setting his personal desire against the wisdom of God. Oftentimes we confuse with faith merely that which we desire.
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Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. Difficulties must be studied and dealt with, but they must not be magnfiied by fear.
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The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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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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Your enthusiasm will be infectious, stimulating and attractive to others. They will love you for it They will go for you and with you.
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The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps his head will get ahead.
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Go out of your way to talk optimistically about everything.
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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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The man who lives for himself is a failure; the man who lives for others has achieved true success.
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It is indeed possible for those who have the will, courage and faith.
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If there is no fun in it, something is wrong with all you are doing.
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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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The man who lives for himself is a failure. Even if he gains much wealth, position or fortune, he is still a failure. The man who lives for others has achieved true success. A rich man who consecrates his wealth and his position to the good of humanity is a success.