Norman Vincent Peale Quotes (89 Quotes)


    Worry is a peculiar thing. It is like a dust storm on a hot day. You can become confused and lose your way. I was in Wichita, Kansas, some time ago, when I had to fly to Cincinnati. A friend sent me in a private plane. When we were crossing the Mississipp.

    Age-based retirement arbitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talents, scars their health, strains an already overburdened Social Security system, and drives many elderly people into poverty and despair. Ageism is as od

    Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

    No one can ever overcome anything until his thoughts are creative and positive.




    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.

    There are two primary forces in this world, fear and faith. Fear can move you to destructiveness or sickness or failure. Only in rare instances will it motivate you to accomplishment. But faith is a greater force. Faith can drive itself into your consciousness and set you free from fear forever.

    The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources

    Worry has been described as a spasm of the emotions, a catalyst for creating a depressed condition within a human being. Banish worry and you will permit the positive emotions of joy and happiness to rise to the surface. Worry is a condition in which the.


    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.

    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.


    One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.

    If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.


    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.

    Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.


    The really happy people are those who have broken the chains of procrastination, those who find satisfaction in doing the job at hand. They're full of eagerness, zest, productivity. You can be, too.

    Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

    Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.

    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.

    Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind,deliberately voice a positive one to cancel it out.

    The ''how'' thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile ''ifs.''


    Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

    There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

    ... a basic law the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for. This, of course, is a fact. Thankfulness does tend to reproduce in kind. The attitude of gratitude revitalizes the entire mental process by activating all other attitudes, thus stimulating creativity.

    Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

    The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

    Americans are so tense and keyed up that it is impossible even to put them to sleep with a sermon.


    A person with a hundred interests is twice as alive as one with only fifty and four times as alive as the man who has only twenty-five



    Your enthusiasm will be infectious, stimulating and attractive to others. They will love you for it. They will go for you and with you.

    When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.

    The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.

    Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.

    Never say anything to hurt anyone. Moreover... refrain from double talk, from shrewd and canny remarks that are designed to advance our interests at someone's disadvantage. We are to turn our back upon evil, and in every way possible, do good, help people and bring blessings into their lives.

    Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are capable of greater things than we realize.


    The way to happiness keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.

    You can have peace of mind, improved health and an ever-increasing flow of energy. Life can be full of joy and satisfaction.

    When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.

    If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.


    If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.


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