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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.

Norman Vincent Peale
Attitude Defeat Fact Failure May Success

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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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You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.
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Imagination is the true magic carpet.
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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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Change yourself and your work will seem different.
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Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
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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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Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
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We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
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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.
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Don’t take tomorrow to bed with you.
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When every physical and mental resources is focused, one’s power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.
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The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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Be interesting, be enthusiastic… and don’t talk too much.
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