Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.
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Prayer is more than words. It's listening, seeing and feeling.
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People who have the courage to be individuals can usually think things through on their own and make sound decisions. They don't say, "What will people think?" They say, "What's the best way to handle this?" The amazing fact is that God created each one of us as a separate, unique person amid billions of other separate, unique individuals. So the best way to achieve real fulfillment is to be yourself.
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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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Cut the "im" out of impossible, leading that dynamic word standing out free and clear-possible.
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Any fact facing us, however difficult, even seemingly hopeless, is not so important as our attitude toward that fact. How you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You may permit a fact to overwhelm you mentally before you deal with it actually. On the other hand, a confident and optimistic thought pattern can overcome or modify the fact altogether.
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Never let any mistake cause you to stop believing in yourself. Learn from it and go on.
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The greatest measure of a human being isn't how he handles himself when things are going well, but how he handles himself when things are going badly, when defeat comes.
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If Jesus were alive today, he'd probably be at the Super Bowl.
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If I wanted to become a tramp, I would seek information and advice from the most successful tramp I could find. If I wanted to become a failure, I would seek advice from people who have never succeeded. If I wanted to succeed in all things, I would look around me for those who are succeeding, and do as they have done.
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I change my thoughts, I change my world.
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Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
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Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
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Faith is the most powerful of all forces operating in humanity and when you have it in depth nothing can get you down.
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Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat him.
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The world in which you live is not primarily determined by outward conditions and circumstances but by the thoughts that habitually occupy your mind.
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If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.
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Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
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Believe that all the resources you need are in your mind. That is a formula that really works.
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Always remember that problems contain values that have improvement potential.
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Cherish your family connections. They are one of God's greatest ways of demonstrating his love and fellowship.
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Every person, if he is to have mental health and live successfully, must move away from past failures and mistakes and go forward without letting them be a weight upon him. The art of forgetting is absolutely necessary.
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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
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Our problem is to become acquainted with our own selves, letting our personalities loose upon the world for the sheer adventure of their full development and in the positive hope that they may in their own way lift the level of humanity.