Sublime

be liberal with your encouragement, make the thing seem easy to do, let the other person know that you have faith in his ability to do it, that he has an undeveloped flair for it—and he will practice until the dawn comes in the window in order to excel.

Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re right.

To live continually in thoughts of ill will, cynicism, suspicion, and envy, is to be confined in a self-made prison hole. But to think well of all, to be cheerful with all, to patiently learn to find the good in all–such unselfish thoughts are the very portals of heaven; and to dwell day by day in thoughts of peace toward every creature will bring

The problem is that, if you think something is impossible, you will never attain it. Henry Ford said, “If you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.” The first step, then, to reaching your biggest dreams is to shift from impossible thinking to possible thinking. You do this not by asking How? but by asking What if ?

Your ‘Gloria’ lives within you. The greatest sin is not finding it, ignoring what God made possible in you.”

Deeply understanding and applying the power of love, combined with the spiritual protection of good cheer, is just about the wisest thing we can do for ourselves. When we commit to cheerfulness and to life lived in the loving expectation of goodness, the world becomes a beautiful reflection of these qualities.

You can do so much. You can, if you choose, break through the wall that stands between you and anything you would like to change or achieve. Give yourself the will to do it. Give yourself the belief, the attitude, the emotion, and the action that will get you where you want to be.

When you have powerful beliefs and regular routines you will excel. The key is to practice.”

How To Have Confidence And Power In Dealing With People (1956) Les Giblin