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.

Quote by Norman Vincent Peale

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Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit

Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

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

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

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind....

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind....

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm

Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that...

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that...

When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their...

When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their...

The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a...

The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a...

When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies...

When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies...

Age-based retirement arbitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talents, scars their health,...

Age-based retirement arbitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talents, scars their health,...

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them....

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them....

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive...

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive...

We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's...

We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's...

The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.

The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.