Norman Vincent Peale quotes - page 4

Imagination is the true magic carpet. (Norman Vincent Peale)
If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind. View quote
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Getting people to like you is only the other side of liking them. View quote
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The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ. View quote
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Every human being is a child of God and has more good in him than evil - but circumstances and associates can step up the bad and reduce the good. I've got great faith in the essential fairness and decency - you may say goodness - of the human being. View quote
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We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors. View quote
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Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds. View quote
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Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much. View quote
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Let nothing trouble you let nothing worry you everything passes away expect God God alone is sufficient. View quote
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YOU DO NOT need to be a victim of worry. Reduced to its simplest form, what is worry? It is simply an unhealthy and destructive mental habit. View quote
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People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress. (Norman Vincent Peale)
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. View quote
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What the mind can conceive and believe, and the heart desire, you can achieve. View quote
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To become a happy person have a clean soul, eyes that see romance in the commonplace, a child's heart, and spiritual simplicity. View quote
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It is inconceivable that a Roman Catholic president would not be under extreme pressure by the hierarchy of his church to accede to its policies with respect to foreign relations in matters, including representation to the Vatican. View quote
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Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe. View quote
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Get the heat and emotion out worry, and put cold, ruthless scrutiny onto the problem, and worry loses its power. When we are worried and filled with apprehension, we become panicky and are likely to see only gloom and failure. There isnt any situation so bad that it wont become a lot better when you think rationally and spiritually about it. God gives you the ability to think rationally about things by filling you with peace and faith. View quote
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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. View quote
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Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them. View quote
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You can have peace of mind, improved health and an ever-increasing flow of energy. Life can be full of joy and satisfaction. View quote
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There are two primary forces in this world, fear and faith. Fear can move you to destructiveness or sickness or failure. Only in rare instances will it motivate you to accomplishment. But faith is a greater force. Faith can drive itself into your consciousness and set you free from fear forever. (Norman Vincent Peale)
When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy. View quote
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Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong. View quote
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Know that you yourself are a miracle. View quote
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Your enthusiasm will be infectious, stimulating and attractive to others. They will love you for it. They will go for you and with you. View quote
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