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Action(s)
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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.
-Norman Vincent Peale
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Adversity
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Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
-Norman Vincent Peale
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Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
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Age
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Live your life and forget your age.
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America
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I sometimes think we ought to bring a bill before Congress changing our national symbol from the eagle to the buffalo, because we are more like the buffalo than the eagle. The eagle is a powerful bird. It flies alone. It rises up into the sky with authority. It is master of all it surveys. The eagle is an individualist and was selected from among the rest of the birds to be our symbol. But the buffalo was never alone. It always ran in a herd with other buffaloes. And, friends, I call your attention that the buffaloes are gone from the open range, but the eagles are still soaring.
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Attitude
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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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Belief
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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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First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe, three times.
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Bravery
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The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
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Chance
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It is a fact that you project what you are.
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Change
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Change your thoughts and you change your world.
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Change yourself and your work will seem different.
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Christianity
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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.
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Concentration
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When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.
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Defeat
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Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.
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Difficulty
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Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
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In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
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Enthusiasm
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Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
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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.
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There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
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Expectation
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We tend to get what we expect.
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If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
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Experience
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One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
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Faith
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The first step is to fill your life with a positive faith that will help you through anything. The second is to begin where you are.
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Happiness
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Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
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Books by and about Norman Vincent Peale