Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Nothing during the year is so impressively convincing as the vision Christmas brings of what this world would be if love became the daily practice of human beings.
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Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person.
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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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Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.
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Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
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Practice excited thinking until you become excited and exciting.
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A very real barrier to faith is this feeling of self-sufficiency, this unrealistic idea that one can accomplish everything by his or her own self. Some people have the conviction they must do it all alone. They have no faith in others. . . they are convinced that there is no one able to do the job as well as themselves. They refuse to admit that they may need the help of friends, doctor, minister, or even God.
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Make a mental list of happy thoughts and pass them through your mind several times every day.
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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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When learning stops, decay sets in.
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No one can ever overcome anything until his thoughts are creative and positive.
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The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.
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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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The big question isn't whether you have problems; the all-important factor is your attitude toward problems. How you think of the problem is more important than the problem itself.
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You'll always get an idea if you think and don't panic.
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Expect the best and get 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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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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When you keep asserting that things are going to work out well, that you can do the job, that you will not have a flat tire, that you will get there on time, by talking up good results you invoke the law of positive effects and good results occur. Things do turn out well.
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If you've been full of error and defeat, be done with it. Say, "By God's grace, I'm done with it," and take charge of yourself like never before."
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Expect great things, and great things will come.
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We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
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I was brought up on the romance of American achievement. No matter where you start, if you work hard and if you think positively and if you dream dreams and if you have good character, you can lift the status of yourself, your family, your friends and everyone around you. This doesn't mean that your object in life is to become rich or famous. Just do the best you can with yourself. I think that Almighty God has put that into us and I'm going to do the best I can with myself. That's what I call the romance of achievement. Achievement means to be what, by the grace of God, you can be.
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A primary method for gaining a mind of full peace is to practice emptying the mind.