Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Try to see the joyful side of life. One must see the pain of life with clear eyes, and help all he can; but there is also lots of joy, and on should see that, too.
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Medication is of course important but do not conclude that a pill dissolving in your stomach is necessarily more powerful than a healing thought in your mind.
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Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
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Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
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What seems impossible one minute becomes, through faith, possible the next.
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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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I change my thoughts, I change my world.
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Nothing can stand in the way of the man who focuses his entire self on a problem.
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When the student is ready, the messenger appears.
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Optimism is a philosophy based on the belief that basically life is good, that, in the long run, the good in life overbalances the evil.
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Good intentions are no substitute for obedience.
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Frequently remind yourself that God is with you, that He will never fail you, that you can count upon him. Say these words, "God is with me, helping me."
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Take charge of your mind and begin to fill it with healthy, positive, and courageous thoughts.
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When learning stops, decay sets in.
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Develop serenity and quiet attitudes through your conversation. Depending upon the words we use and the tone in which we use them, we can talk ourselves into being nervous, high-strung, and upset. By our speech, we can also achieve quiet reactions. Talk peaceful to be peaceful.
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The longer I live the more I am convinced that neither age nor circumstance needs to deprive us of energy and vitality. We are at last awakening to the close relationship between religion and health. . . .our physical condition is determined very largely by our emotional condition, and our emotional life is profoundly regulated by our thought life.
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The as if principle works. Act as if you were not afraid and you will become courageous, as if you could and you'll find you can. Act as if you like a person and you'll find a friendship.
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Deep within the individual is a vast reservoir of untapped power awaiting to be used. no person can have the use of all this potential until he learns to know his or her own self. the trouble with many people is that they got through life thinking and writing themselves off as ordinary commonplace persons. having no proper belief in themselves they live aimless and erratic lives largely because they never realize what their lives really can be or what they can become.
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The capacity to be either happy or unhappy is determined by the manner in which you react to whatever happens.
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Any action is better than no action at all.
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If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
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There exists a powerful energizing force in the spiritual life principle. All energy began with the Creator, who infused it not only in all natural processes, but also into that higher form of nature called human nature. The more closely, then, that a person identifies with the Creator, the more surely that person will experience within his or her own nature the process of re-creation which operates in all creation.
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Nobody ever mastered any skill except through intensive persistent and intelligent practice.
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If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.