Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
You become a worrier by practicing worry. You can become free of worry by practicing the opposite and stronger habit of faith. With all the strength and perseverance you can command, start practicing faith.
Quotes to Explore
-
I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.
-
One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.
-
People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
-
I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
-
A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
-
The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.
-
My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
-
It's no easy task to either make money online as a publisher or to advertise your product in a world where attention is so fleeting and divided.
-
I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
-
If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we learn.
-
Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.
-
Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
-
I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
-
The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
-
Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.
-
All too often, legacy management practices reflexively perpetuate the past - by over-weighting the views of long-tenured executives, by valuing conformance more highly than creativity and by turning tired industry nostrums into sacred truths.
-
Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what is revealed; he must reveal what can be taught. He has to seek insight rather than to preach.
-
I'm tired of being considered some kind of criminal or dangerous throwback for no other reason than that I value, exercise, and defend my rights under the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution.
-
When I decided to crop what was left of my hair, I thought, 'It's all over. I'm never going to work again: it's basket weaving me for me from now on.' But what actually happens is your casting changes: you suddenly start to get a lot of villains and coppers and soldiers and even the odd sensitive vicar - you become institutionalised.
-
For the longest time, people would say to me that I didn't feel very modern, that I seemed from another time.
-
I have a Rolex, but no diamonds. Rappers wear diamonds to compensate for a lack of fashion sense. I don't even have pierced ears - I'm not into that; it's too much.
-
You and I must realize that the English language is filled with words that, in addition to their literal meanings, convey distinct emotional intensity. For example, if you develop a habit of saying you 'hate' things - you 'hate' your hair; you 'hate' your job; you 'hate' having to do something - do you think this raises the intensity of your negative emotional states more than if you use a phrase like 'I prefer something else'?
-
You become a worrier by practicing worry. You can become free of worry by practicing the opposite and stronger habit of faith. With all the strength and perseverance you can command, start practicing faith.
