Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

I believe there are two sides to the phenomenon known as death, this side where we live, and the other side where we shall continue to live. Eternity does not start ith death. We are in eternity now.

There are some things you can't learn from others. You have to pass through the fire.

Listen for the magic word of motivation and you will hear it. And then? Well, the sky is the limit!

No matter how dark things become, someone is always with you - and that someone is God. He helps by giving you peace and a positive mental attitude.

You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.

Never forget that all the enthusiasm you need is in your mind. Let it out - let it live - let it motivate you.

When we have peace in our hearts, we also have love in our hearts and good will toward all men.

A primary method for gaining a mind of full peace is to practice emptying the mind.

Never allow sick attitudes to poison your thinking, nor let ill will make you ill. Avoid making your mind sore by that painful rehurting called resentment.

Every individual forms his own estimate of himself and that basic estimate goes far toward determining what he becomes.

Go at life with abandon; give it all you've got. And life will give all it has to you.

Expect the best and get it.

Forget yourself! Think courage.

And what marvelous things there are for which to be grateful in God's great Creation!

Never react emotionally to what happens but always look for and find in every circumstance the good that's surely present there.

One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that

The as if principle works. Act as if you were not afraid and you will become courageous, as if you could and you'll find you can. Act as if you like a person and you'll find a friendship.

Every day remind yourself of your own ability, of your good mind and affirm that you can make something really good out of your life.

Stop resisting your problems so furiously in your mind. Stop struggling to solve them. If you do that, a great sense of peace followed by a great sense of power will come to you.

Constantly reemphasize to yourself the great fact that God built potential strength into your nature. By affirming it and practicing it, this basic strength will toughen up as muscles do.

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun. Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Be an all-out, not a hold-out.

Go out of your way to talk optimistically about everything.

Almighty God freely bestows the good things in this world in proportion to a person's mental readiness to receive.

Americans are so tense and keyed up that it is impossible even to put them to sleep with a sermon.

Dare to be what your best self knows you ought to be; dare to be a bigger human being than you have ever been.

Fear is strong, but faith is stronger yet.

Life is a blend of laughter and tears, a combination of rain and sunshine.

Do not let circumstances defeat you. You can if you think you can.

Worry is an unhealthy and destructive mental habit.

Decide that you will not try to do everything at once. That is why time is spread out.

Put God to work for you and maximize your potential in our divinely ordered capitalist system.

If there is no fun in it, something is wrong with all you are doing.

No matter how many worries and anxieties harass you, remember always that they are removable. Enthusiasm with its immense mental and spiritual power can cancel out all fear.

When learning stops, decay sets in.

By acting as you wish yourself to be, in due course you will become as you act.

Prayer is more than words. It's listening, seeing and feeling.

Don't tense up no matter what, for you only close off creative power when you do.

If you think in positive terms, you will achieve positive results.

Stress the thought of plenty. Thoughts of plenty help create plenty.

It is a fact that you project what you are.

Make a true estimate of your own ability, then raise it ten per cent.

The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of the things and stay there.

The trouble with the average person is that he doesn't trust himself sufficiently to create and deliver ideas.

Think, the successful idea is always in your mind. Think it out.

One of the greatest of all principles is that men can do what they think they can do.

Dare to be what you ought to be, dare to be what you dream to be, dare to be the finest you can be. The more you dare, the surer you will be of gaining just what you dare!

A wish is an attitude of mind to which wings have been attached. You wish and you dream, and your whole nature focuses to bring your wishes and dreams to pass.

When a person applies enthusiasm to his job, the job will itself become alive with exciting new possibilities.

Humans will never be hampered as smooth bag. They just dragged and dropped upon his head and empty heart