Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Keep your mental and spiritual contact points cleaned so that God can operate through your mind.
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Do not exclusively say your prayers in the form of asking God for something. The prayer of thanksgiving is much more powerful.
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Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.
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Worry is an unhealthy and destructive mental habit.
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Think, the successful idea is always in your mind. Think it out.
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We tend to get what we expect.
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Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all that you do. It tones up your physical vitality and gives warmth to all your personal relationships. When you associate with enthusiasm long enough it grabs you and takes over within you.
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The word resentment means to re-feel...to feel again. Someone wrongs or wounds you; in resenting it, you re-feel the injury. And you re-hurt yourself. The Hebrew Talmud says that a person who bears a grudge is "Like one who, having cut one hand while handling a knife, avenges himself by stabbing the other hand.
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It takes struggle, a goal and enthusiasm to make a champion.
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Dare to be what your best self knows you ought to be; dare to be a bigger human being than you have ever been.
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Never think negatively, for the negative thinker does a very dangerous thing. He pumps out negative thoughts into the world around him and thus activates the world negatively.
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Thinking about forgiving is not enough. You must come to a moment when you say, "With God's help I now forgive."
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America has become so tense and nervous it has been years since I have seen anyone sleep in church - and that is a sad situation.
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Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.
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The Plus Factor makes its appearance in a person's life in proportion as that person is in harmony with God and His universal laws.
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Life is not all fun and easy going. Far from it; there are many rough times. But, sadly, we too often let the hard times dull our enthusiasm. And that is dangerous, if not fatal, to our lives.
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We reach the goal not by the stairs, but by the lift..... God pledges his promised righteousness to those who will stop trying to save themselves. Change your thoughts and you change your world.
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The how thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile ifs but goes right to work on the creative how.
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Miracles are of all sizes. And if you start believing in little miracles, you can work up to the bigger ones.
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Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
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Don't let any obstacle stop you. Always remember that you have spiritual and mental qualities within you that can overcome even the seemingly impossible.
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When fate throws a dagger at you, there are ways to catch it. If you catch it by the blade, you can harm yourself. But if you catch it by the handle, you can use it to help you fight through the obstacles ahead.
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There is no sound basis upon which it may be assumed that all poor men are godly and all rich men are evil, no more than it could be assumed that all rich men are good and all poor men are bad.
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Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.