Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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A true apology is more than just aknowledgment of a mistake. It is recognition that something you have said or done has damaged a relationship and that you care enough about the relationship to want it repaired and restored.
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When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.
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You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.
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Don't bother. The glass is half-empty.
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Hold an image of the life you want, and that image will become fact.
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The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
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When I dig another out of trouble, the hole from which I lift him is the place where I bury my own.
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Remember, there is no situation so completely hopeless that something constructive cannot be done about it. When faced with a minus, ask yourself what you can do to make it a plus. A person practicing this attitude will extract undreamed-of outcomes from the most unpromising situations. Realize that there are no hopeless situations; there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.
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Whatever your problem, no matter how difficult, you can release spiritual power sufficient to solve your problem. The secret is--pray and believe.
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Every individual forms his own estimate of himself and that basic estimate goes far toward determining what he becomes.
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The one person who most blocks you from a full, happy, and successful life is you. They are therefore wise who make themselves an asset. We can be our own worst enemies or best friends. We can be a source of trouble or a cure for trouble. So if you feel empty, as many do, start by getting free from yourself as a first stop to vibrant living.
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Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
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Faith supplies staying power. Anyone can keep going when the going is good, but some extra ingredient is needed to keep you fighting when it seems that everything is against you.
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Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use. I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.
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To be successful is to be helpful, caring and constructive, to make everything and everyone you touch a little bit better.
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Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.
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The negative principle negates. The positive principle creates. The negative principle doubts. The positive principle believes. The negative principle accepts defeat. The positive principle goes for victory.
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When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
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I truly believe that the individual who learns to practice thanksgiving activates within himself and around himself continuous victories and blessings from God.
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Hold the thought of all elements of the body working together in perfect rhythm.
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Confidently receive God's abundant blessings. Think abundance, prosperity, and the best of everything.
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If you can only believe! If you will only believe! Then nothing, nothing, will be impossible for you! That is the truth and the Gospel, and it is wonderful. It's the good news.
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Can you go a whole day with joy in your heart? Joy and vitality are an inseparable combination. Joy is not concerned with having fun; it is an inner spiritual quality that overcomes despair, pain and defeat. You cannot turn on joy like an electric light, but you can prepare yourself to receive it.
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Check what you did right and don't get lost in basking on your glory. It will make it easier to repeat whatever you did that created the success.