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Vote: | 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. |
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Vote: | 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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Vote: | 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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Vote: | 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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Vote: | Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk to much. |
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Vote: | 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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Vote: | Change your thoughts and you change your world. |
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Vote: | Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. |
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Vote: | Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle. |
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Vote: | Don't take tomorrow to bed with you. |
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Vote: | Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously. |
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Vote: | Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. |
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Vote: | Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. |
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Vote: | Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them. |
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Vote: | 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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Vote: | If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done. |
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Vote: | It is a fact that you project what you are. |
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Vote: | It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship. |
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Vote: | It's always too early to quit. |
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Vote: | Never say anything to hurt anyone. Moreover... refrain from double talk, from shrewd and canny remarks that are designed to advance our interests at someone's disadvantage. We are to turn our back upon evil, and in every way possible, do good, help people and bring blessings into their lives. |
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Vote: | Once we roared like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security! The solution for America's problem is not in terms of big government, but it is in big men over whom nobody stands in control but God. |
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Vote: | 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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Vote: | 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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Vote: | 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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Vote: | The 'how' thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile 'ifs'. |
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Vote: | 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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Vote: | The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence. |
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Vote: | The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results. |
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Vote: | The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. |
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Vote: | There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. |
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Vote: | Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be. |
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Vote: | We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities. |
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Vote: | We tend to get what we expect. |
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Vote: | 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. |
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Vote: | You can have peace of mind, improved health and an ever-increasing flow of energy. Life can be full of joy and satisfaction. |
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Vote: | You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched. |
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Vote: | 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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Norman Vincent Peale (May 31, 1898 - December 24, 1993) was the author of The Power of Positive Thinking and chief progenitor of the theory of positive thinking. With his wife, he founded Guideposts magazine in 1945. He was born in Bowersville, Ohio and died in Pawling, New York. He was educated at Ohio's Wesleyan University.
At the age of 34, Peale accepted a call to Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan where he remained for 52 years as one of New York City’s most famous preachers. Membership grew from 600 when he arrived to well over 5,000 today.
In 1945, Dr. Peale, his wife, Ruth Stafford Peale, and Raymond Thornburg, a Pawling, New York businessman founded Guideposts Magazine. They managed to raise $1,200 from Frank Gannett, founder of the Gannett newspaper chain, J. Howard Pew, the Philadelphia industrialist and Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Guideposts was designed to be a non-denominational forum for people – both celebrities and ordinary folk – to relate their inspirational stories to provide a spiritual lift to all readers. Today, the 48 page, full-color magazine under the direction of Ruth Stafford Peale is the 13th largest paid-circulation magazine in the country with a circulation of over 4 million.
Peale put his writing skills to work over the years. His fourth book “The Power of Positive Thinking,” was published in 1952 and has sold nearly 20 million copies and has been printed in 41 different languages. Peale completed what has been called his all-time inspirational best seller at age 54. He was the author of 46 inspirational books including “The Art of Living,” “A Guide to Confident Living,” “The Tough-Minded Optimist,” and “Inspiring Messages for Daily Living.”
For 54 years, Peale’s weekly radio program, “The Art of Living,” was on the air. His sermons were said to be mailed to over 750,000 people per month and in 1964 a movie was made of his life entitled “One Man’s Way.”
Peale also co-founded “The Horatio Alger Association,” with educator Kenneth Beebe in 1947 dedicated to recognizing and honoring contemporary Americans who have achieved success and excellence in the face of adversity.
The Guideposts family of nonprofit organizations includes the Peale Center, the Positive Thinking Foundation and Guideposts Publications. Their purpose is to be the world leader in communicating positive, faith-filled principles that empower people to reach their maximum personal and spiritual potential.
On Christmas Eve of 1993, Dr. Peale died at the age of 95 years old.
Books * The Power of Positive Thinking, Ballantine Books; Reissue edition (August 1, 1996). ISBN 0449911470
* Guide to Confident Living, Ballantine Books; Reissue edition (September 1, 1996). ISBN 0449911926
* Six Attitudes for Winners, Tyndale House Publishers; (May 1, 1990). ISBN 0842359060
* Positive Thinking Every Day : An Inspiration for Each Day of the Year, Fireside; (December 6, 1993). ISBN 067'1868918
* Positive Imaging, Ballantine Books; Reissue edition (September 1, 1996). ISBN 0449911640
* You Can If You Think You Can, Fireside Books; (August 26, 1987). ISBN 0671765914
* Thought Conditioners, Foundation for Christian; Reprint edition (December 1, 1989). ASIN 9991038922
* In God We Trust: A Positive Faith for Troubled Times, Thomas Nelson Inc; Reprint edition (November 1, 199'5). ASIN 0785276750
* Norman Vincent Peale's Treasury of Courage and Confidence, Doubleday; (June 1970). ASIN: 0385070624
* My Favorite Hymns and the Stories Behind Them, Harpercollins; 1st ed edition (September 1, 1994). ASIN 00'60664630
* The Power of Positive Thinking for Young People, Random House Children's Books (A Division of Random House Gr'oup); (December 31, 1955). ASIN 0437951103
* The Amazing Results of Positive Thinking, Fireside; Fireside edition (March 12, 2003). ISBN 0743234839
* Stay Alive All Your Life, Fawcett Books; Reissue edition (August 1, 1996). ISBN 0449912043
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