Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Never allow sick attitudes to poison your thinking, nor let ill will make you ill. Avoid making your mind sore by that painful rehurting called resentment.
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The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.
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No sin is committed merely because a thought enters the mind, provided it is not made welcome. Perhaps we may use the figure that the thought first passes into an anteroom, where it stands before the mind acting as a judge. No matter how sordid or evil, it has not touched the personality with its infamy nor in any way laid guilt upon the soul unless and until the mind acting as judge admits it with a welcome. If the mind decides against it and dismisses it, the personality is not only unsullied but is, on the contrary, by this act of rejection stimulated and strengthened in moral power.
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Decide that you will not try to do everything at once. That is why time is spread out.
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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure.
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Don't bother. The glass is half-empty.
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The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.
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Hold the thought of all elements of the body working together in perfect rhythm.
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When I dig another out of trouble, the hole from which I lift him is the place where I bury my own.
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Become a possibilitarian.
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A vital part of the happiness formula is self-discipline. Whoever conquers himself knows deep happiness that fills the heart with joy.
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Never react emotionally to what happens but always look for and find in every circumstance the good that's surely present there.
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The greatest secret for eliminating the infirmity complex, which is another term for deep and profound self-doubt, is to fill your mind to overflowing faith. Develop a tremendous faith in God and that will give you a humble yet soundly realistic faith in yourself.
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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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Today remind yourself that nothing is too good to be true. Your great hopes can be realized. Your most wonderful dreams can come true. All that you really need, you can have. An incredible goodness is operating on your behalf. If you are living a paltry life, resolve to stop it today. Expect great things to happen.
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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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The greatest secret for eliminating the infirmity complex, which is another term for deep and profound self-doubt, is to fill your mind to overflowing faith.
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Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
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Americans are so tense and keyed up that it is impossible even to put them to sleep with a sermon.
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Make a true estimate of your own ability, then raise it ten per cent.
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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
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You can have peace of mind, improved health and an ever-increasing flow of energy. Life can be full of joy and satisfaction.
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Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
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You have to picturize, prayerize and actualize.