Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

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

Norman Vincent Peale

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• When everything is going well, the role of the state in the economy should be limited. When we are in a crisis, it's different.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • Different
  • Everything
  • Economy

• I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.

  

  Vince Cable
  • People
  • Trying
  • Daily

• I'd like to work with Bjork if I could get in the studio with her. We could probably travel to a different planet, you know what I'm saying?

  

  Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.
  • Work
  • Different
  • Travel

• But with two boys and a new puppy, we don't get out much. We're usually home doing stuff together as a family, like watching 'Modern Family.'

  

  Daniel Dae Kim
  • Family
  • Home
  • Together

• I had a really good feeling about that match. You know, they are good friends, and Chris had to feel really relaxed because of being out there with Tiger.

  

  Hal Sutton
  • Good
  • Friends
  • Feeling

• In effect, you cannot stop Iraq from growing nasty bugs in the basement. You can stop them from putting operational warheads on working missiles and launching them at their neighbors.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • You
  • Growing
  • Stop

• We have to care about our bodies and what we put in them. Women have to take the time to focus on our mental health-take time for self, for the spiritual, without feeling guilty or selfish. The world will see you the way you see you, and treat you the way you treat yourself.

  

  Beyonce Destiny's Child
  • Time
  • World
  • Women

• Men always tell such silly lies.

  

  Agatha Christie
  • Men
  • Lies
  • Silly

• Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it’s music, not words, that provides power.

  

  Marcel Marceau
  • Music
  • Power
  • Words

• I didn't think I could play in a band. It just wasn't an option - all band members were men, and bandleaders were men.

  

  Cynthia Robinson
  • Men
  • Band
  • Option

• I like to challenge myself. There are not many guys on tour who can give me a challenge in Ping-Pong. So I'll throw some points to see if I can come back.

  

  Matt Kuchar
  • Challenge

• The sun setting on the Ucayali, with the Andean foothills in the background, and the taste of freshly cut papaya in my mouth, restoring a body utterly shattered, made for one of those 'ones to tell the grandchildren' memories.

  

  Mark Barrowcliffe
  • Memories
  • Sun
  • Grandchildren

• What I kind of want to spread as my message to all kinds of youth that I get to reach out to is, you can do cool stuff; you've just got to put in time and be dedicated.

  

  Ann Makosinski
  • Time
  • Cool

• I think it helps a lot when they tell people that Teri Hatcher likes you. If you're Teri Hatcher's boyfriend, suddenly you're hunky I guess. I've spent 40 years being average and now I'm Teri hatcher's boyfriend and here we are. I've been really fortunate.

  

  James Denton
  • People
  • Boyfriend

• The time that I have on this earth should just be filled with good times.

  

  Kyle Kinane
  • Time
  • Good
  • Earth

• IF YOU ARE ACCUSTOMED to reading works of speculative fiction and enjoy puzzling things out on your own, skip this Note. Otherwise, know that the scene in which this book is set is not Earth, but a planet called Arbre that is similar to Earth in many ways.

  

  Neal Stephenson
  • Book
  • Earth
  • Reading

• I want to stress that rationality is not a property of the individual alone, although it is usually presented that way. Rather, it gathers not only its force but also its very meaning from the social context in which it is embedded.

  

  Kenneth Arrow
  • Alone
  • Stress

• My lodging is on the cold ground, And hard, very hard, is my fare, But that which grieves me more Is the coldness of my dear.

  

  John Gay
  • Cold

• Could there ever be a more wonderful story than your own?

  

  Nichiren
  • Story
  • Wonderful
  • Own

• I delight in my family obligations, but they leave little time for breaks let alone quick trips across the country.

  

  Carre Otis
  • Family
  • Leave
  • Little

• To me, the producing falls into the same as acting. It requires so much time out of your life, and I take it very personally, I realize, so if I do something, it just has to be something I love and I don't want anyone else to do.

  

  Sandra Bullock
  • Fall
  • Acting
  • Realizing

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

  

  Norman Vincent Peale
  • True
  • Ability
  • Estimate

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

  

  Norman Vincent Peale
  • Becomes
  • Estimate
  • Determining