To cure worry, spend fifteen minutes daily filling your mind full of God. Worry is just a very bad mental habit. You can change any habit with God’s help.
When every physical and mental resource is focused, one’s power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.
Happiness consists not in having, but of being, not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is the warm glow of a heart at peace with itself.
Who decides whether you shall be happy or unhappy? You do!
Think health, eat sparingly, exercise regularly, walk a lot, and think positively about yourself.
Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems – with emphasis on seems. Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.
When you discover the wonder of giving, you will wonder how you could have lived so long in any other way.
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.
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.
Old unhealthy thoughts can block off inspiration and motivation. Dropping them releases a strong flow of power through the mind.
I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world.
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.
Think enthusiastically about everything; but especially about your job. If you do so, you’ll put a touch of glory in your life. If you love your job with enthusiasm, you’ll shake it to pieces.
Life’s blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self – giving is a personal power – releasing factor.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.
Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you’ve got.
If you are not getting as much from life as you want to, then examine the state of your enthusiasm.