Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person. Life will take on a new nest, deeper interest and greater meaning. You can think, talk and act yourself into dullness or into monotony or into unhappiness. By the same process you can build up inspiration, excitement and surging depth of joy.

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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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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

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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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Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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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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Help other people to cope with their problems, and your own will be easier to cope with.

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Every problem contains the seed of it's own solution.

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The only people who don't have problems are in a cemetery.

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When you affirm big, believe big and pray big, big things happen.

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