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In adversity keep motivated, for often the best comes from difficulty.

In a large congregation, while there is a wide diversification of interest, it is also true that there are only a few basic human problems. It must also be taken into consideration that people are people regardless of who they are or what their backgrounds may be. There are certain deep universal appeals to human interest and to these human nature always responds.

In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.

Infantile people complain and say that God is cruel or that there is no God. Mature people, however, know that there is wisdom and sometimes an eternal kindness in God's refusals.

I place this day, my life, my loved ones, my work in the Lord's hands. There is no harm in the Lord's hands, only good. Whatever happens, whatever results, if I am in the Lord's hands it is the Lord's will and it is good.

I sometimes think we ought to bring a bill before Congress changing our national symbol from the eagle to the buffalo, because we are more like the buffalo than the eagle. The eagle is a powerful bird. It flies alone. It rises up into the sky with authority. It is master of all it surveys. The eagle is an individualist and was selected from among the rest of the birds to be our symbol. But the buffalo was never alone. It always ran in a herd with other buffaloes. And, friends, I call your attention that the buffaloes are gone from the open range, but the eagles are still soaring.

It is always to early to quit.

It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.

It is said that history turns on small hinges. A human career, too, results from an accumulating series of decisions about large and small matters over a period of years. But the catch is that you can never know when a seemingly small decision may prove to be, from the vantage of later years, the big decision of your life.

I truly believe that the individual who learns to practice thanksgiving activates within himself and around himself continuous victories and blessings from God.

It takes struggle, a goal and enthusiasm to make a champion.

I've got great faith in the essential fairness and decency - you may say goodness - of the human being.

I was brought up on the romance of American achievement. No matter where you start, if you work hard and if you think positively and if you dream dreams and if you have good character, you can lift the status of yourself, your family, your friends and everyone around you. This doesn't mean that your object in life is to become rich or famous. Just do the best you can with yourself. I think that Almighty God has put that into us and I'm going to do the best I can with myself. That's what I call the romance of achievement. Achievement means to be what, by the grace of God, you can be.

Jesus is not a memory. He is an actual, contemporary, reachable Person. He is the living Christ, who has the power to enter into people's lives and change and lift them up.

Jesus made it clear that the most important thing in the world is our relationship to God and to others. When we achieve that, everything good will follow.

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.

Just as we may learn from our successes (how to do it) so also can we learn from our mistakes (how not to do it). It just isn't in the cards that anybody should get by forever without making mistakes and perhaps sometimes making costly ones.

Keep thinking, keep interested, keep praying, keep dreaming. Be mentally sensitive at all times so that the magic word that motivates you may one day speak to your deep inner self.

Know that you yourself are a miracle.

Know what you want and believe that you can have it.

Learn from both your mistakes and successes because if you learn only from your mistakes you will only learn more errors

Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body.

Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.

Let go and let God. Let Him take over your life and run it. He knows how.

Life is not all fun and easy going. Far from it; there are many rough times. But, sadly, we too often let the hard times dull our enthusiasm. And that is dangerous, if not fatal, to our lives.

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

Listen for the magic word of motivation and you will hear it. And then? Well, the sky is the limit!

Live your life and forget your age.

Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use. I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.

Make a list of your friends and determine who is the most positive thinker among them and deliberately cultivate his society.

Make a mental list of happy thoughts and pass them through your mind several times every day.

Make a true estimate of your own ability, then raise it ten per cent.

Many people conceive of religion as something apart from everyday affairs of the world. They think of it in terms of ceremony or ritual or sermons and often it strikes them as being dull or not particularly interesting. Religion may be described in many ways. I like to think of it as a medicine, a healing medicine for the mind.

Masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Medication is of course important but do not conclude that a pill dissolving in your stomach is necessarily more powerful than a healing thought in your mind.

Miracles are of all sizes. And if you start believing in little miracles, you can work up to the bigger ones.

Motivation is like nutrition. It must be taken daily and in healthy doses to keep it going

Negative thinking definitely attracts negative results.

Never allow sick attitudes to poison your thinking, nor let ill will make you ill. Avoid making your mind sore by that painful rehurting called resentment.

Never forget that all the enthusiasm you need is in your mind. Let it out - let it live - let it motivate you.

Never let any mistake cause you to stop believing in yourself. Learn from it and go on.

Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.

Never react emotionally to what happens but always look for and find in every circumstance the good that's surely present there.

Never say anything to hurt anyone. Moreover . . . refrain from double talk, from shrewd and canny remarks that are designed to advance our interests at someone's disadvantage. We are to turn our back upon evil, and in every way possible, do good, help people and bring blessings into their lives.

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

Never tell yourself ... I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too.

Never think negatively, for the negative thinker does a very dangerous thing. He pumps out negative thoughts into the world around him and thus activates the world negatively.

Never use the word “impossible” seriously again. Toss it into the verbal wastebucket.

Nobody ever mastered any skill except through intensive persistent and intelligent practice.