There are two primary forces in this world, fear and faith. Fear can move you to destructiveness or sickness or failure. Only in rare instances will it motivate you to accomplishment. But faith is a greater force. Faith can drive itself into your consciousness and set you free from fear forever.

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Promise yourself success at the beginning of each day, and you'll be surprised how often things will turn out that way.

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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.

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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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If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.

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Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.

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The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.

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Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.

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Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.

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A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it.

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