Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
A popular Protestant minister who spread his motivational and inspirational message through mass media. He is still well know for his book "The Power of Positive Thinking".
(1898 - 1993)
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A masterful retreat is itself a victory.
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A person with a hundred interests is twice as alive as one with only fifty and four times as alive as the man who has only twenty-five.
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Act as if, and that which you practice will tend to be.
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Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.
[Action]
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Age-based retirement arbitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talents, scars their health, strains an already overburdened Social Security system, and drives many elderly people into poverty and despair. Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.
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Americans are so tense and keyed up that it is impossible even to put them to sleep with a sermon.
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And now we get down to two magic words that tell us how to accomplish just about anything we want to accomplish, two powerful words that can change any situation, two dynamic words that all too few people use. And what are these two amazing words? Do it!
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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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Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are capable of greater things than we realize.
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Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.
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Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities - always see them, for they're always there.
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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.
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Believe that problems do have answers, that they can be overcome, and that you can solve them.
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Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.
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Change your thoughts and you change your world.
[Change]
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Change yourself and your work will seem different.
[Change]
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Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
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Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
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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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Don't duck the most difficult problems. That just insures that the hardest part will be left when you're most tired. Get the big one done - it's downhill from then on.
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