Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

Norman Vincent Peale

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• Enthusiasm
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• Someone I met years ago explained to me the difference between a personality and an actor, a personality being Eddie Murphy or Roseanne Barr, and an actor being Morgan Freeman and Alfre Woodard or Marlon Brando.

  

  Orlando Jones
  • Me
  • Personality
  • Difference

• I have an abundance of enthusiasm; however, it would be foolish to think I can predict a future that doesn't exist.

  

  Damien Rice
  • Think
  • Future
  • Enthusiasm

• The difference between a bland tomato and great one is immense, much like the difference between a standard, sliced white bread and a crusty, aromatic sourdough.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Great
  • Difference
  • Bread

• The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • America
  • Society
  • Free

• What works for me is knowing the character in an emotional sense. I wish I was more logical but it doesn't work for me like that. I need quite a lot of time; it's why I always worry when I'm doing more than one thing at a time. I hope that some sort of magic will kick in.

  

  Sally Hawkins
  • Time
  • Work
  • Why

• Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.

  

  W. Clement Stone
  • Great
  • Man
  • Words

• We are all Adam's children - it's just the skin that makes all the difference.

  

  Navjot Singh Sidhu
  • Children
  • Difference
  • Skin

• I don't see any difference between Judea and Samaria and the rest of the country.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • Country
  • Rest
  • Difference

• If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.

  

  Vince Lombardi
  • You
  • Enthusiasm
  • Fired

• I don't think 'Magadheera' should be remade, nor do I think it will be remade. It is very difficult to recreate the same magic.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Think
  • Magic
  • Same

• If you just keep your head down and just try and do your thing, sometimes magic happens.

  

  Gavin Rossdale Bush
  • Sometimes
  • Magic
  • Down

• I've always been interested in moments of disbelief... I don't know if they possess any magic, but they do have something.

  

  Dan Colen
  • Know
  • Moments
  • Magic

• I was lucky enough to have an older brother who shared the splatter flicks with me, and I had parents who were cool and involved enough in my life to allow me to see them. I think my folks appreciated that I looked at these movies as a creative outlet... almost like magic shows, if you will.

  

  Adam Green
  • Life
  • Parents
  • Cool

• The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Red
  • Green
  • Difference

• Human beings have a need, generally, to destroy things. The Freudian principle of civilisation is correct. There's always, always a difference between the family image and the reality.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Family
  • Reality
  • Difference

• I think we have gotten to a point as Americans, unfortunately, where we take for granted the magic that life brings and that life is really special and every life matters. We tend to go through life but not take the moment to step back and remember you are here, right now, for a very finite amount of time.

  

  Irvin Mayfield
  • Life
  • Time
  • Remember

• I never wanted to be a public figure. I feel that I always have to dampen down people's expectations. They expect me to be an oracle, wave a magic wand, sprinkle some slow, sparkly dust on them, to make everything all right.

  

  Carl Honore
  • People
  • Magic
  • Expectations

• I want to go where I'm the difference. I want to make something out of nothing. I want to be the reason someone is great.

  

  Dak Prescott
  • Great
  • Want
  • Difference

• I still don't understand why when you put a piece of paper in a tray with solution in it, it comes up. It's still, in a sense, magic to me. It's a funny thing, you know. I've got two kids, and when they were very young, they used to come in the darkroom and I thought they'd be astounded by that. Nothing. When they got a little older, then they got astounded by it.

  

  Garry Winogrand
  • Up
  • Why
  • Kids

• Even though Kurt died in the most horrific way possible, there is this mythology and romanticism that surrounds him, because he's 27 forever.  The shelf life of an artist or musician isn't particularly long.  Kurt has gotten to icon status because he will never age.  He will always be that relevant in that time and always be beautiful.

  

  Frances Bean Cobain
  • Life
  • Time
  • Long

• Today's society will ignore almost any form of public behavior except getting in the express line with two extra items.

  

  Paul Sweeney
  • Today
  • Society
  • Ignore

• Chance doesn't mean meaningless randomness, but historical contingency. This happens rather than that, and that's the way that novelty, new things, come about.

  

  John Polkinghorne

• Oh, Lord, if I must die today,Please make it after Close of Play.For this, I know, if nothing more,I will not go, without the score . . .

  

  John Major
  • Today
  • Die

• There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

  

  Norman Vincent Peale
  • Magic
  • Difference
  • Enthusiasm