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A Very Real Barrier To Faith Is This Feeling Of Self-sufficiency, This Unrealistic Idea That One Can Accomplish Everything By His Or Her Own Self. Some People Have The Conviction They Must Do It All Alone. They Have No Faith In Others. . . They Are Convinced That There Is No One Able To Do The Job As Well As Themselves. They Refuse To Admit That They May Need The Help Of Friends, Doctor, Minister, Or Even God.

-Norman Vincent Peale

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A Very Real Barrier

Norman Vincent Peale

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A Very Real Barrier To Faith Is This Feeling Of Self-sufficiency, This Unrealistic Idea That One Can Accomplish Everything By His Or Her Own Self. Some People Have The Conviction They Must Do It All Alone. They Have No Faith In Others. . . They Are Convinced That There Is No One Able To Do The Job As Well As Themselves. They Refuse To Admit That They May Need The Help Of Friends, Doctor, Minister, Or Even God.

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When Fate Throws A Dagger At You, There Are Ways To Catch It. If You Catch It By The Blade, You Can Harm Yourself. But If You Catch It By The Handle, You Can Use It To Help You Fight Through The Obstacles Ahead.

Confidently Receive God's Abundant Blessings. Think Abundance, Prosperity, And The Best Of Everything.

Go At Life With Abandon; Give It All You've Got. And Life Will Give All It Has To You.

Always Remember That Problems Contain Values That Have Improvement Potential.

Imagination Is The True Magic Carpet.

God Answers Prayer In Three Ways: Yes, No, And Wait Awhile.

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One Of The Simplest Things About All Facts Of Life Is That To Get Where You Want To Go, You Must Keep On Keeping On.

There Is Nothing At All Wrong With Having Money Unless Money Has You.

The Bible Tells Us That The Sins Of The Fathers Are Passed To Succeeding Generations. The Virtues Of The Fathers Can Be Passed Along, Too.

Never React Emotionally To What Happens But Always Look For And Find In Every Circumstance The Good That's Surely Present There.

You Must Never Conclude, Even Though Everything Goes Wrong, That You Cannot Succeed. Even At The Worst There Is A Way Out, A Hidden Secret That Can Turn Failure Into Success And Despair Into Happiness. No Situation Is So Dark That There Is Not A Ray Of Light

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Silence Fertilizes The Deep Place Where Personality Grows. A Life With A Peaceful Center Can Weather All Storms.

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Enthusiasm For Life

Part Of The Happiness Of Life Consists Not In Fighting Battles, But In Avoiding Them. A Masterly Retreat Is In Itself A Victory.

Have Great Hopes And Dare To Go All Out For Them. Have Great Dreams And Dare To Live Them. Have Tremendous Expectations And Believe In Them.

Cut The "im" Out Of Impossible, Leading That Dynamic Word Standing Out Free And Clear-possible.

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