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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.
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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I found eternal peace in a Shinto shrine. I've been to Shinto shrines and God is everywhere. Christ is one of the ways! God is everywhere.
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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.
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Stop resisting your problems so furiously in your mind. Stop struggling to solve them. If you do that, a great sense of peace followed by a great sense of power will come to you.
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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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God is with me, helping me.
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Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
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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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Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.
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