Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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The mind quickly responds to teaching and discipline. You can make the mind give you back anything you want.
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A clean mind always delivers power.
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The best way to forget your own problems is to help someone else solve theirs. The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live. The best way to respond to wrong is to do what's right. The better we know ourselves the less we'll criticize others. The bigger your problems, the bigger your prayer should be.
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I believe in the power of Jesus Christ to resolve any difficulty, to remove any weakness, to heal any disease.
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Your enthusiasm will be infectious, stimulating and attractive to others. They will love you for it They will go for you and with you.
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It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
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The man who lives for himself is a failure; the man who lives for others has achieved true success.
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Stand up to an obstacle. Just stand up to it, that's all, and don't give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break, and it won't be you, it will be the obstacle.
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Make a list of your friends and determine who is the most positive thinker among them and deliberately cultivate his society.
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It is a fact that you project what you are.
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Begin where you are. Begin now.
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The secret of the law of abundance is this: In order to receive and appreciate the good things of life, you must first give.
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Go out of your way to talk optimistically about everything.
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The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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It is indeed possible for those who have the will, courage and faith.
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A war fitness conference some time ago declared that the highest form of recreation is to go to church. The word recreation should be written re-creation. More real rest can be gained from an hour and a quarter of worship under these circumstances than by eighteen holes of golf.
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The man who lives for himself is a failure. Even if he gains much wealth, position or fortune, he is still a failure. The man who lives for others has achieved true success. A rich man who consecrates his wealth and his position to the good of humanity is a success.
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If there is no fun in it, something is wrong with all you are doing.
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Silence fertilizes the deep place where personality grows. A life with a peaceful center can weather all storms.
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Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. Difficulties must be studied and dealt with, but they must not be magnfiied by fear.
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Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
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Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.
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There are no circumstances in your life where God will not stand will not stand with you and help you, no matter what the trouble may be.
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Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.