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Norman Vincent Peale Quotes: Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.
         

Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.


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Change your thoughts and you change your world.



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People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.



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Believe you can, and you can. Belief is one of the most powerful of all problem dissolvers. When you believe that a difficulty can be overcome, you are more than halfway to victory over it already.

Believe you can, and you can. Belief is one of the most powerful of all problem dissolvers. When you believe that a difficulty can be overcome, you are more than halfway to victory over it already.



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If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.



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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.



Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.



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." ~

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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You have a choice everyday... You can choose every morning whether you will be depressed and miserable, or whether you will be happy.





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