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41 " Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. "
― Norman Vincent Peale
42 " Stand up to an obstacle. Just stand up to it, that's all, and don't give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break, and it won't be you, it will be the obstacle. "
― Norman Vincent Peale , The Power of Positive Thinking
43 " Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses. "
44 " 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. "
45 " Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You'll find they haven't half the strength you think they have. "
46 " If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself. "
47 " Let nothing trouble you let nothing worry you everything passes away expect God God alone is sufficient "
48 " The way to happiness: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised. "
49 " If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were - and as you act and persevere in acting, so you tend to become. "
50 " Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can. "
51 " Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you. "
52 " Remember that "Help us grow this grass" is a far more effective sign than "Keep off the grass". "
53 " 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." ~ "
54 " Americans used to roar like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security. "
55 " When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things. "
― Norman Vincent Peale , My Favorite Quotations
56 " A vital part of the happiness formula is self-discipline. Whoever conquers himself knows deep happiness that fills the heart with joy. "
57 " Live your life and forget your age. "
58 " 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. "
59 " When you expect the best, you release a magnetic force in your mind which by a law of attraction tends to bring the best to you. "
60 " Deep within the individual is a vast reservoir of untapped power awaiting to be used. no person can have the use of all this potential until he learns to know his or her own self. the trouble with many people is that they got through life thinking and writing themselves off as ordinary commonplace persons. having no proper belief in themselves they live aimless and erratic lives largely because they never realize what their lives really can be or what they can become "