Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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A workable and effective way to meet and overcome difficulties is to take on someone else's problems. It is a strange fact but you can often handle two difficulties-your own and somebody else's-better than you can handle your own alone. That truth is based on a subtle law of self-giving or outgoingness whereby you develop a self-strengthening in the process.
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Change your thoughts and you change your world.
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Plan your work - work your plan. Lack of system produces that 'I'm swamped' feeling.
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Before you go to sleep, run over your personal world mentally and thank God for everyone and everything.
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Practice excited thinking until you become excited and exciting.
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Cut the "im" out of impossible, leading that dynamic word standing out free and clear-possible.
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No matter how dark things become, someone is always with you - and that someone is God. He helps by giving you peace and a positive mental attitude.
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Always remember, there is more strength in you than you ever realized or even imagined. Certainly nothing can keep you down if you are determined to get on top of things and stay there.
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Picturize, prayerize, actualize.
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The Bible - the wisest document ever known in human existence, which defies the ravages of time and change because it contains the truth that cannot be changed or invalidated.
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The antidote to frustration is a calm faith, not in your own cleverness, or in hard toil, but in God's guidance.
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You'll always get an idea if you think and don't panic.
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You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
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Not every day can be an easy one, nor every day fully happy; but even a day of tough going and difficulty can be a good day.
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In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
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Believe in yourself, believe in your future.
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Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.
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Expect great things, and great things will come.
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Remember: what you think you will become - good or bad, weak or strong, defeated or victorious.
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One of the most powerful concepts, one which is a sure cure for lack of confidence, is the thought that God is with you and helping you. This is one of the simplest teachings in religion, namely, that Almighty God will be your companion, will stand by you, help you, and see you through. No other idea is so powerful in developing self-confidence as this simple belief when practiced. To practice it simply affirm "God is with me; God is helping me; God is guiding me." Spend several minutes each day visualizing his presence. Then practice believing that affirmation.
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When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
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Learn from both your mistakes and successes because if you learn only from your mistakes you will only learn more errors.
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Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.
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Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.