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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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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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Realize that there are not hopeless situations there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.
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The Bible - the wisest document ever known in human existence, which defies the ravages of time and change because it contains the truth that cannot be changed or invalidated.
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God answers prayer in three ways: yes, no, and wait awhile.
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Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body.
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The power of the Plus Factor is potential but it is not self-activating. It is latent in human beings and will remain latent until it is activated.
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Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
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Through persistence, self-knowledge, prayer, commitment, optimism, a resolute trust in God and the building of your own personal moral strength, you can enjoy the blessings of a deeper faith and face the difficulties of life with courage and confidence.
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When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self - giving is a personal power - releasing factor.
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Try to see the joyful side of life. One must see the pain of life with clear eyes, and help all he can but there is also lots of joy, and on should see that, too.
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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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To be successful is to be helpful, caring and constructive, to make everything and everyone you touch a little bit better.
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If you've been full of error and defeat, be done with it. Say, By God's grace, I'm done with it, and take charge of yourself like never before.
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Believe and create is a basic fact of successful living.
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The mind quickly responds to teaching and discipline. You can make the mind give you back anything you want.
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The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.
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Thoughts and words form your mental image. And since we become what we picture be sure your thoughts and words express prosperity and blessing rather than poverty and defeat.
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If you worry, you are a worrier because your mind is saturated with worry thoughts. To counteract these, mark every passage in your Bible that speaks of faith, hope, and courage.
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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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