Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
Life is not all fun and easy going. Far from it; there are many rough times. But, sadly, we too often let the hard times dull our enthusiasm. And that is dangerous, if not fatal, to our lives.
Quotes to Explore
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My manners, abominable at times, can be sweet.
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I have an abundance of enthusiasm; however, it would be foolish to think I can predict a future that doesn't exist.
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There are times where I am trying to make the big play before I even catch the football.
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I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.
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I took acting five times as seriously as anyone else. I just couldn't show it.
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Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.
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If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
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I should have died in ambushes a hundred times.
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A team is a team is a team. Shakespeare said that many times.
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The real secret of success is enthusiasm.
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Authors change publishers because it's like being married for a long time and suddenly you want to go out and have a wild affair! No, not seriously, sometimes the deal is more interesting with a new publisher, and other times they have more enthusiasm for your books.
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There is something enormously compelling about Fran Cutler. She is a thrilling bundle of energy and enthusiasm.
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All truth is not to be told at all times.
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Yet enthusiasm is no excuse for the historian going off balance. He should remind the reader that outcomes were neither inevitable nor foreordained, but subject to a thousand changes and chances.
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I have been to Kashmir many times, especially with my family, in the '70s.
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I shop at thrift shops probably five times a week.
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I auditioned for 'Game of Thrones' seven times! Loads of times.
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One of the problems with the Internet is that a lot of times it is inaccurate.
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At times we've had lapses. You're not going to be able to do it every game, night after night. But for the most part, the effort has been there.
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I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.
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At first I was supposed to be the funny central figure, ... But with that format the show might have lasted about four weeks. The way it worked out is, the other people say the funny lines and my character looks on as an observer.
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For writers from working-class families, the making of art is cultural disenfranchisement, for we do not belong in literary circles and our writing rarely makes it back home.
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I don't think I'm supposed to boss other people around just because I'm a so-called celebrity or star. I hate that when people act that way. No one deserves it. I've seen it happen. I don't call those people out - they know who they are. Some enjoy that reputation.
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Life is not all fun and easy going. Far from it; there are many rough times. But, sadly, we too often let the hard times dull our enthusiasm. And that is dangerous, if not fatal, to our lives.
