Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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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 let any obstacle stop you. Always remember that you have spiritual and mental qualities within you that can overcome even the seemingly impossible.
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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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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure.
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You have a choice everyday... You can choose every morning whether you will be depressed and miserable, or whether you will be happy.
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One of the basic laws of human existence is: find yourself, know yourself, be yourself.
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A true apology is more than just aknowledgment of a mistake. It is recognition that something you have said or done has damaged a relationship and that you care enough about the relationship to want it repaired and restored.
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Don't bother. The glass is half-empty.
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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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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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Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
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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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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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When we start focusing on things we can do and don't think so much about the things we can't do, things really start to happen.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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Make a true estimate of your own ability, then raise it ten per cent.
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Believe and create is a basic fact of successful living.
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Americans are so tense and keyed up that it is impossible even to put them to sleep with a sermon.