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When You Keep Asserting That Things Are Going To Work Out Well, That You Can Do The Job, That You Will Not Have A Flat Tire, That You Will Get There On Time, By Talking Up Good Results You Invoke The Law Of Positive Effects And Good Results Occur. Things Do Turn Out Well.

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When You Keep Asserting

Norman Vincent Peale

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When You Keep Asserting That Things Are Going To Work Out Well, That You Can Do The Job, That You Will Not Have A Flat Tire, That You Will Get There On Time, By Talking Up Good Results You Invoke The Law Of Positive Effects And Good Results Occur. Things Do Turn Out Well.

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You Can Have Peace Of Mind, Improved Health And An Ever-increasing Flow Of Energy. Life Can Be Full Of Joy And Satisfaction.

If You Think In Positive Terms, You Will Achieve Positive Results.

So Deep And Meaningful Is The Joy And The Enthusiasm That Is Born In One's Mind And Heart By Human Love And Helpfulness That It Has The Power To Motivate For A Lifetime. . . . You Don't Have To Be A Doctor To Say Or Do That Which Puts Light In A Human Eye Or Joy On A Human Face. Simply Practice Jesus' Commandment That We Love One Another. Go Out And Do Something For Somebody. These Are The Things That Make Happy People. Here Is The One Never-failing Source Of The Joy And Enthusiasm We Are Talking About.

I Believe In The Power Of Jesus Christ To Resolve Any Difficulty, To Remove Any Weakness, To Heal Any Disease.

When A Person Applies Enthusiasm To His Job, The Job Will Itself Become Alive With Exciting New Possibilities.

No One Can Ever Overcome Anything Until His Thoughts Are Creative And Positive.

Positive Thinking

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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When I Dig Another Out Of Trouble, The Hole From Which I Lift Him Is The Place Where I Bury My Own.

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.

First Thing Every Morning Before You Arise Say Out Loud, I Believe.

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Positive Thinking

Any Action Is Better Than No Action At All.

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

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

Believe That All The Resources You Need Are In Your Mind. That Is A Formula That Really Works.

Always Remember That Problems Contain Values That Have Improvement Potential.

Talk Peaceful To Be Peaceful.

I Truly Believe That The Individual Who Learns To Practice Thanksgiving Activates Within Himself And Around Himself Continuous Victories And Blessings From God.

The How Thinker Gets Problems Solved Effectively Because He Wastes No Time With Futile Ifs But Goes Right To Work On The Creative How.

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You Can Be Greater Than Anything That Can Happen To You.

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