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Expect great things, and great things will come.

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
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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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Affirm it, visualize it, believe it and it will actualize itself.
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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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