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Norman Vincent Peale

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Norman Vincent Peale
Age: 95 †
Born: 1898
Born: May 31
Died: 1993
Died: December 24
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Psychologist
Writer
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Remind yourself that God is with you and nothing can defeat him.
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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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Think enthusiastically about everything but especially about your job. If you do so, you'll put a touch of glory in your life. If you love your job with enthusiasm, you'll shake it to pieces.
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Who decides whether you shall be happy or unhappy? You do!
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... not mere achievement, but rather the more difficult feat of handling your life efficiently. It means to be a success as a person controlled, organized, not part of the world's problems, but part of its cure. ... of being creative individuals.
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Have absolutely no sense of guilt about being happy and successful if you operate honestly and with a sense of social responsibility.
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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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Not every day can be an easy one, nor every day fully happy but even a day of tough going and difficulty can be a good day.
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God never made anyone else exactly like you, and he never will again. Thank him for yourself and then for all the rest of his glorious handiwork.
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When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
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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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No one can ever overcome anything until his thoughts are creative and positive.
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Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
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Be an all-out, not a hold-out.
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One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that
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You must feed your mind even as you feed your body, and to make your mind healthy, you must feed it nourishing, wholesome thoughts.
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Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities. Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. But with self-confidence you can succeed. A sense of inferiority and inadequacy interferes with the attainment of your hopes, but self-confidence leads to self-realization and successful achievement.
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Believe and create is a basic fact of successful living.
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When a person applies enthusiasm to his job, the job will itself become alive with exciting new possibilities.
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Always maintain hopefulness, especially when the going is hard.
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