If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were - and as you act and persevere in acting, so you tend to become.
Norman Vincent PealePeople become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
Norman Vincent PealeChristmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving,and of families united.
Norman Vincent Peale