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People 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.

People 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.

Approximate author period: c. 1945 AD · modern

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Norman Vincent Peale
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Approximate author period: c. 1945 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Norman Vincent Peale: life dates 1898 to 1993. Wikidata Q708251, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708251 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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