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The individual who knows the score about life sees difficulties as opportunities
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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Be humble, be big in mind and soul, be kindly you will like yourself that way and so will other people
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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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Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.
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By success, of course, I do not mean that you may become rich, famous, or powerful for that does not, of necessity, represent achievement. Indeed, not infrequently, such individuals represent pathetic failure as persons.
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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 a person applies enthusiasm to his job, the job will itself become alive with exciting new possibilities.
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Hope is wanting something so eagerly that-in spite of all the evidence that you're not going to get it-you go right on wanting it.
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People who are really efficient seem to do things easily, with a minimum of effort. In doing so they release maximum power.
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Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.
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Even if you may be down to the worst, the best is potentially within you. You only have to find it, release it, and rise up with it. This requires courage and character, to be sure, but the main requirement is faith. Cultivate faith and you will have the necessary courage and character.
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The first step is to fill your life with positive faith that will help you through anything. The second step is to start where you are.
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Life is not all fun and easy going. Far from it there are many rough times. But, sadly, we too often let the hard times dull our enthusiasm. And that is dangerous, if not fatal, to our lives.
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The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of the things and stay there.
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Think health, eat sparingly, exercise regularly, walk a lot, and think positively about yourself.
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Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. Difficulties must be studied and dealt with, but they must not be magnfiied by fear
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Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use. I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.
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Picturize, prayerize, actualize.
Norman Vincent Peale
You only lose energy when life becomes dull in your mind. Your mind gets bored and therefore tired of doing nothing.
Norman Vincent Peale
Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.
Norman Vincent Peale
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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