Norman Vincent Peale Quotes About Giving
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When you discover the wonder of giving, you will wonder how you could have lived so long in any other way.
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Artur Rubinstein, the famous pianist, was once asked the secret of his success-was it dedication, ability, discipline, hard work? Mr. Rubinstein smiled as he remarked, "It's hard to say, but one thing I do know: if you love life, life will love you back!" What a wonderful insight! That philosophy explains how a man in his eighties can continue to be so creative. For life is simply filled with exciting blessings for everybody. They're ours if we give enough of ourselves to life!
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The greatest secret for eliminating the infirmity complex, which is another term for deep and profound self-doubt, is to fill your mind to overflowing faith. Develop a tremendous faith in God and that will give you a humble yet soundly realistic faith in yourself.
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If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
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People fail to understand that unless they are themselves willing to give, they will never receive.
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Every person, if he is to have mental health and live successfully, must move away from past failures and mistakes and go forward without letting them be a weight upon him. The art of forgetting is absolutely necessary.
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The mind quickly responds to teaching and discipline. You can make the mind give you back anything you want.
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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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The secret of the law of abundance is this: In order to receive and appreciate the good things of life, you must first give.
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Fill the day with enthusiasm. Give the day all you've got and it will give you all it's got, which will be plenty.
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We may live victoriously, not because we have any power within ourselves, but because when we give ourselves to God, He gives himself to us.
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Develop a tremendous faith in God and that will give you a humble yet soundly realistic faith in yourself.
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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 isn't any situation so bad that it won't 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.
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Nothing is more confusing than people who give good advice but set a bad example.
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No matter how dark things become, someone is always with you - and that someone is God. He helps by giving you peace and a positive mental attitude.
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Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.
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Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. Make all your friends feel there is something special in them. Look at the sunny side of everything. Think only the best, be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.
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Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all that you do. It tones up your physical vitality and gives warmth to all your personal relationships. When you associate with enthusiasm long enough it grabs you and takes over within you.
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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.
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Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving,and of families united.
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Go at life with abandon; give it all you've got. And life will give all it has to you.
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Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got
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Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use. I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.
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The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
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If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.
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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.
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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
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A workable and effective way to meet and overcome difficulties is to take on someone else's problems. It is a strange fact but you can often handle two difficulties-your own and somebody else's-better than you can handle your own alone. That truth is based on a subtle law of self-giving or outgoingness whereby you develop a self-strengthening in the process.
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Do not always ask when you pray, but instead affirm that God's blessings are being given, and spend most of your prayers giving thanks.
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If you think lack you tend to create a condition of lack. Shift your thought pattern to one of abundance and believe that God is now in the process of giving you the abundance you need.
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