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Expecting the best means that you put your whole heart (i.e. the central essence of your personality) into what you want to accomplish. People are defeated in life not because of lack of ability, but for lack of wholeheartedness. They do not wholeheartedly expect to succeed. Their heart isn't in it, which is to say, they themselves are not fully given.
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The world in which you live is not primarily determined by outward conditions and circumstances but by the thoughts that habitually occupy your mind.
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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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If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll get nothing done.
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By success, of course, I do not mean that you may become rich, famous, or powerful for that does not, of necessity, represent achievement. Indeed, not infrequently, such individuals represent pathetic failure as persons. By success I mean the development of mature and constructive personality.
Through the application of the principle of constructive thinking you can attain your worthy goals. The natural outcome of living by creative principles is creative results. Believe and create is a basic fact of successful living.
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Always remember, there is more strength in you than you ever realized or even imagined. Certainly nothing can keep you down if you are determined to get on top of things and stay there.
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When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
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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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Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
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No matter how many worries and anxieties harass you, remember always that they are removable. Enthusiasm with its immense mental and spiritual power can cancel out all fear.
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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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Go to inspirational meetings, get to know men and women who are doing inspiring things. Above all, run as hard as you can from the cynics and gripers and the negativists. They are not going anywhere. You are.
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Think joy, talk joy, practice joy, share joy, saturate your mind with joy, and you will have the time of your life today and every day all your life.
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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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Tell yourself every morning as you go to work that you love your job. Think of it as interesting, even fascinating. By so doing you will ultimately get enthusiastic about your work — and you will undoubtedly do a better job.
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You only lose energy when life becomes dull in your mind. Your mind gets bored and therefore tired of doing nothing.
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Even if you may be down to the worst, the best is potentially within you. You only have to find it, release it, and rise up with it. This requires courage and character, to be sure, but the main requirement is faith. Cultivate faith and you will have the necessary courage and character.
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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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Thinking about forgiving is not enough. You must come to a moment when you say, "With God's help I now forgive."
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The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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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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When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
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Hope is wanting something so eagerly that-in spite of all the evidence that you're not going to get it-you go right on wanting it.
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It's not necessary to be born again. You have your way to God, I have mine. I found eternal peace in a Shinto shrine … I've been to Shinto shrines and God is everywhere. … Christ is one of the ways! God is everywhere.
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When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
William James
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Born:
May 31, 1898
Died:
December 24, 1993
(aged 95)
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