Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Nothing of great value in this life comes easily. The things of highest value sometimes come hard. The gold that has the greatest value lies deepest in the earth, as do the diamonds.
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Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got.
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When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
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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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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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Eliminate the word "impossible" from your conversation, drop it from your thoughts, erase it from your attitudes. Stop rationalizing it. Cease excusing it. Substitute for it that bright and shining word...POSSIBLE."
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You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.
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Can you go a whole day with joy in your heart? Joy and vitality are an inseparable combination. Joy is not concerned with having fun; it is an inner spiritual quality that overcomes despair, pain and defeat. You cannot turn on joy like an electric light, but you can prepare yourself to receive it.
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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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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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One of the basic laws of human existence is: find yourself, know yourself, be yourself.
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I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world.
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Negative thinking definitely attracts negative results.
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Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
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The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
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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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A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it.
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Don't bother. The glass is half-empty.
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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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Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.
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Believe and create is a basic fact of successful living.
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You have to picturize, prayerize and actualize.
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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 can have peace of mind, improved health and an ever-increasing flow of energy. Life can be full of joy and satisfaction.