Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

Miracles are of all sizes. And if you start believing in little miracles, you can work up to the bigger ones.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

What seems impossible one minute becomes, through faith, possible the next.

Never tell yourself ... I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too.

It is indeed possible for those who have the will, courage and faith.

You can have peace of mind, improved health and an ever-increasing flow of energy. Life can be full of joy and satisfaction.

The power of the Plus Factor is potential but it is not self-activating. It is latent in human beings and will remain latent until it is activated.

Nothing of great value in this life comes easily. The things of highest value sometimes come hard. The gold that has the greatest value lies deepest in the earth, as do the diamonds.

Always remember that problems contain values that have improvement potential.

In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.

One of the simplest things about all facts of life is that to get where you want to go, you must keep on keeping on.

There is only one person with whom to compete and that is yourself. Keep aiming to surpass your own best performance and ever strive to reach higher levels.

Every night empty your mind of unhappy thoughts as you empty your pockets and come alive.

Every day practice emptying your mind of all unhealthy attitudes.

Believe and create is a basic fact of successful living.

Nobody ever mastered any skill except through intensive persistent and intelligent practice.

One of the few greatest satisfactions of this life is to handle problems efficiently and well.

Avoid arguments, but whenever a negative attitude is expressed, counter with a positive and optimistic opinion.

Know what you want and believe that you can have it.

Negative thinking definitely attracts negative results.

Think enthusiastically about everything; but especially about your job. If you do so, you'll put a touch of glory in your life. If you love your job with enthusiasm, you'll shake it to pieces.

Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you.

When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.

Don't duck the most difficult problems. That just ensures that the hardest part will be left when you are most tired. Get the big one done - it's downhill from then on.

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

Think joy, talk joy, practice joy, share joy, saturate your mind with joy, and you will have the time of your life today and every day all your life.

Believe that all the resources you need are in your mind. That is a formula that really works.

Cultivate will power, that massive creative force that God the creator built into you. Do not let it remain flabby but strengthen it by use and exercise.

God answers prayer in three ways: yes, no, and wait awhile.

When obstacles or difficulties arise, the positive thinker takes them as creative opportunities.

Hold an image of the life you want, and that image will become fact.

As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.

Begin where you are. Begin now.

I found eternal peace in a Shinto shrine. I've been to Shinto shrines and God is everywhere. Christ is one of the ways! God is everywhere.

When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.

Any action is better than no action at all.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

Remember that "Help us grow this grass" is a far more effective sign than "Keep off the grass".

I change my thoughts, I change my world.

Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.

The word "no" denotes a shutting of the door. It means failure, defeat, delay. But spell in backwards and take new hope, for backwards it spells "on."

The mind quickly responds to teaching and discipline. You can make the mind give you back anything you want.

Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.

Take charge of your mind and begin to fill it with healthy, positive, and courageous thoughts.

You only lose energy when life becomes dull in your mind. Your mind gets bored and therefore tired of doing nothing.

Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.

The man who lives for himself is a failure; the man who lives for others has achieved true success.

Think positively about yourself.... ask God who made you to keep on remaking you.

Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.