Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
I've got great faith in the essential fairness and decency - you may say goodness - of the human being.
Plan your work - work your plan. Lack of system produces that 'I'm swamped' feeling.
Cut the "im" out of impossible, leading that dynamic word standing out free and clear-possible.
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
Make sure you pay attention to what's right with your life, not just what's wrong.
Nothing can stand in the way of the man who focuses his entire self on a problem.
Be humble, be big in mind and soul, be kindly; you will like yourself that way and so will other people
Never think negatively, for the negative thinker does a very dangerous thing. He pumps out negative thoughts into the world around him and thus activates the world negatively.
The capacity to be either happy or unhappy is determined by the manner in which you react to whatever happens.
Learn from both your mistakes and successes because if you learn only from your mistakes you will only learn more errors
Keep your mental and spiritual contact points cleaned so that God can operate through your mind.
Try to see the joyful side of life. One must see the pain of life with clear eyes, and help all he can; but there is also lots of joy, and on should see that, too.
The how thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile ifs but goes right to work on the creative how.
Do not always ask when you pray, but instead affirm that God's blessings are being given, and spend most of your prayers giving thanks.
Believe that problems do have answers, that they can be overcome, and that you can solve them.
You can make yourself enthusiastic by affirming enthusiasm and by thinking, talking, acting enthusiastic.
I truly believe that the individual who learns to practice thanksgiving activates within himself and around himself continuous victories and blessings from God.
To have a mind full of peace, merely fill it full of peace. It's as simple as that.
The world in which you live is not primarily determined by outward conditions and circumstances but by the thoughts that habitually occupy your mind.
Optimism is a philosophy based on the belief that basically life is good, that, in the long run, the good in life overbalances the evil.
Motivation is like nutrition. It must be taken daily and in healthy doses to keep it going
Only the person who risks is truly free. A man's conquest of himself dwarfs the conquest of Mt. Everest.
Hope is wanting something so eagerly that-in spite of all the evidence that you're not going to get it-you go right on wanting it.
The right kind of fear will keep us from doing wrong. The rough is only mental - it is rough only because your think it is.
Hold the thought of all elements of the body working together in perfect rhythm.
No one can ever overcome anything until his thoughts are creative and positive.
You are greater than anything that can happen to you. In a big and terrifying crisis, people find within themselves a power and a strength and also a wisdom they had no idea they possessed.
Thinking about forgiving is not enough. You must come to a moment when you say, "With God's help I now forgive."
I believe absolutely and certainly that, when you die, you will meet your loved ones and know them and be reunited with them, never to be seperated again.
Having asked God for forgiveness, accept release, then truly forgive yourself and turn your back definitely on the matter.
The greatest measure of a human being isn't how he handles himself when things are going well, but how he handles himself when things are going badly, when defeat comes.
People who are really efficient seem to do things easily, with a minimum of effort. In doing so they release maximum power.
Remember: what you think you will become - good or bad, weak or strong, defeated or victorious.