Top 441 Quotes & Sayings by Norman Vincent Peale
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Last updated on September 16, 2024.
If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.
We tend to get what we expect.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
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.
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.
Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.
If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
Change yourself and your work will seem different.
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
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.
The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.
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.
Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
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.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
Imagination is the true magic carpet.
Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.
If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.
We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors.
Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.
It's always too early to quit.
Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
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 Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.
Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body.
How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively.
Believe you can, and you can. Belief is one of the most powerful of all problem dissolvers. When you believe that a difficulty can be overcome, you are more than halfway to victory over it already.
All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do.
Promise yourself success at the beginning of each day, and you'll be surprised how often things will turn out that way.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing and becomes nothing.
Trouble is here. It is for a purpose. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended - to help you grow. Thank God for your troubles.
Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.
Help other people to cope with their problems, and your own will be easier to cope with.
A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it. Positive thinking is a form of thought which habitually looks for the best results from the worst conditions
Never let any mistake cause you to stop believing in yourself. Learn from it and go on.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
One of the basic laws of human existence is: find yourself, know yourself, be yourself.
The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
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.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. Make all your friends feel there is something special in them. Look at the sunny side of everything. Think only the best, be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. 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.
A basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.
Often we have no choice about doing things, but we can always choose how to do them.
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