Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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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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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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A wish is an attitude of mind to which wings have been attached. You wish and you dream, and your whole nature focuses to bring your wishes and dreams to pass.
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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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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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Believe that problems do have answers, that they can be overcome, and that you can solve them.
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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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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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Happiness will never come if it's a goal in itself; happiness is a by-product of a commitment of worthy causes.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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Be an all-out, not a hold-out.
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Good intentions are no substitute for obedience.
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To go fast, row slowly.
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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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If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were - and as you act and persevere in acting, so you tend to become.
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By acting as you wish yourself to be, in due course you will become as you act.
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Religious faith may very well be considered a science, for it responds invariably to certain formulae. Perform the technique of faith according to the laws which have been proved workable in human experience and you will always get a result of power.
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You become 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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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.