Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Talk peaceful to be peaceful.
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You have a choice everyday... You can choose every morning whether you will be depressed and miserable, or whether you will be happy.
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A basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.
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Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
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Only the believers pick up the prizes in life.
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Nothing of great value in this life comes easily. The things of highest value sometimes come hard. The gold that has the greatest value lies deepest in the earth, as do the diamonds.
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What is hope? Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true.
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Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got.
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Positive Thinkers get positive results because they appreciate the inestimable value of a day, this day, not the next day, but this day, and every day. Today offers at least sixteen waking hours that may be crammed FULL of opportunity, joy, excitement, and achievement.
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You can have peace of mind, improved health and an ever-increasing flow of energy. Life can be full of joy and satisfaction.
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Believe and create is a basic fact of successful living.
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Scatter good will and love and prayers all around, everywhere, and you will be astonished, not only by what it does for other people, but how it comes back to you in generous abundance.
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Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
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Dare to be what you ought to be, dare to be what you dream to be, dare to be the finest you can be. The more you dare, the surer you will be of gaining just what you dare!
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Eliminate the word "impossible" from your conversation, drop it from your thoughts, erase it from your attitudes. Stop rationalizing it. Cease excusing it. Substitute for it that bright and shining word...POSSIBLE."
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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
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When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
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Take a new look at your present "impossible." Consider positive ways to handle it.
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People who have the courage to be individuals can usually think things through on their own and make sound decisions. They don't say, "What will people think?" They say, "What's the best way to handle this?" The amazing fact is that God created each one of us as a separate, unique person amid billions of other separate, unique individuals. So the best way to achieve real fulfillment is to be yourself.
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And what marvelous things there are for which to be grateful in God's great Creation!
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When we start focusing on things we can do and don't think so much about the things we can't do, things really start to happen.
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Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.
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Never forget that all the enthusiasm you need is in your mind. Let it out - let it live - let it motivate you.
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Make a true estimate of your own ability, then raise it ten per cent.