Expecting the best means that you put your whole heart (i.e. the central essence of your personality) into what you want to accomplish. People are defeated in life not because of lack of ability, but for lack of wholeheartedness. They do not wholeheartedly expect to succeed. Their heart isn't in it, which is to say, they themselves are not fully given.
Norman Vincent PealeThe more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
Norman Vincent PealeBegin where you are. Don't wait for someone else to change things for you. Do it yourself
Norman Vincent PealeThe world in which you live is not primarily determined by outward conditions and circumstances but by the thoughts that habitually occupy your mind.
Norman Vincent PealeThere is a basic law that like attracts like. Negative thinking definitely attracts negative results. Conversely, if a person habitually thinks optimistically and hopefully, his positive thinking sets in motion creative forces - and success instead of eluding him flows toward him.
Norman Vincent Peale