The negative principle negates. The positive principle creates. The negative principle doubts. The positive principle believes. The negative principle accepts defeat. The positive principle goes for victory.

Any fact facing us, however difficult, even seemingly hopeless, is not so important as our attitude toward that fact. How you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You may permit a fact to overwhelm you mentally before you deal with it actually. On the other hand, a confident and optimistic thought pattern can overcome or modify the fact altogether.

We may live victoriously, not because we have any power within ourselves, but because when we give ourselves to God, He gives himself to us.

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

Every person, if he is to have mental health and live successfully, must move away from past failures and mistakes and go forward without letting them be a weight upon him. The art of forgetting is absolutely necessary.

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

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.