Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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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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Believe that problems do have answers, that they can be overcome, and that you can solve them.
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We tend to get what we expect.
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Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.
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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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Think enthusiastically about everything; but especially about your job. If you do so, you'll put a touch of glory in your life. If you love your job with enthusiasm, you'll shake it to pieces.
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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 only people who don't have problems are in a cemetery.
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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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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 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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The great secret of getting what you want from life is to know whay you want and believe you can have it. Always do something for others, then ask God to help you get at it.
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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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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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Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.
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It takes struggle, a goal and enthusiasm to make a champion.
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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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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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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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I found eternal peace in a Shinto shrine. I've been to Shinto shrines and God is everywhere. Christ is one of the ways! God is everywhere.
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Never tell yourself ... I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too.
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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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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.