Great Life Advice Quotes by Norman Vincent Peale

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

Live your life and forget your age.

Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.

What the mind can conceive and believe, and the heart desire, you can achieve.

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

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

The secret of life isn't what happens to you, but what you do with what happens to you.

Only the believers pick up the prizes in life.

When people believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

Believe and create is a basic fact of successful living.

You're a winner. The tests of life are not meant to break you, but to make you.

Nothing during the year is so impressively convincing as the vision Christmas brings of what this world would be if love became the daily practice of human beings.

By acting as you wish yourself to be, in due course you will become as you act.

If you are not getting as much from life as you want to, then examine the state of your enthusiasm.

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.

Get interested in something! Absolutely enthralled in something! The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

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!

There is no sound basis upon which it may be assumed that all poor men are godly and all rich men are evil, no more than it could be assumed that all rich men are good and all poor men are bad.

Plan your work -- work your plan. Lack of system produces that 'I'm swamped' feeling.

The individual who knows the score about life sees difficulties as opportunities.

Americans used to roar like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security.

Every problem contains the seed of it's own solution.

Today any successful and competent businessman will employ the latest and best-tested methods in production, distribution, and administration. Many are discovering that one of the greatest of all efficiency methods is prayer power.

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.

Worry is an unhealthy and destructive mental habit.

When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.

You can make yourself enthusiastic by affirming enthusiasm and by thinking, talking, acting enthusiastic.

The big question isn't whether you have problems; the all-important factor is your attitude toward problems. How you think of the problem is more important than the problem itself.

Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems -- with emphasis on seems. Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.

Every day remind yourself of your own ability, of your good mind and affirm that you can make something really good out of your life.

Do not exclusively say your prayers in the form of asking God for something. The prayer of thanksgiving is much more powerful.

By success, of course, I do not mean that you may become rich, famous, or powerful for that does not, of necessity, represent achievement. Indeed, not infrequently, such individuals represent pathetic failure as persons.

Not mere achievement, but rather the more difficult feat of handling your life efficiently. It means to be a success as a person; controlled, organized, not part of the world's problems, but part of its cure. of being creative individuals.

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.

Don't tense up no matter what, for you only close off creative power when you do.

Medication is of course important but do not conclude that a pill dissolving in your stomach is necessarily more powerful than a healing thought in your mind.

In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.

One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that.

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

Cherish your family connections. They are one of God's greatest ways of demonstrating his love and fellowship.

Fear can infect us early in life until eventually it cuts a deep groove of apprehension in all our thinking. To counteract it, let faith, hope and courage enter your thinking. Fear is strong, but faith is stronger yet.

Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.

I truly believe that the individual who learns to practice thanksgiving activates within himself and around himself continuous victories and blessings from God.

It is always to early to quit.

The great secret of getting what you want from life is to know whay you want and believe you can have it. Always do something for others, then ask God to help you get at it.

Good will cannot flow toward you unless it flows from you.

We live in the midst of the greatest scientific civilization in the history of the world. But the greatest wisdom walking our streets is not in any laboratory scientist, but the wisdom of Jesus Christ.

Don't bother. The glass is half-empty.

Every night empty your mind of unhappy thoughts as you empty your pockets and come alive.

Never allow sick attitudes to poison your thinking, nor let ill will make you ill. Avoid making your mind sore by that painful rehurting called resentment.

The greatest secret for eliminating the infirmity complex, which is another term for deep and profound self-doubt, is to fill your mind to overflowing faith. Develop a tremendous faith in God and that will give you a humble yet soundly realistic faith in yourself.

Be humble, be big in mind and soul, be kindly; you will like yourself that way and so will other people.

Let go and let God. Let Him take over your life and run it. He knows how.

Optimism is a philosophy based on the belief that basically life is good, that, in the long run, the good in life overbalances the evil.

Think enthusiastically about everything; but especially about your job. If you do so, you'll put a touch of glory in your life. If you love your job with enthusiasm, you'll shake it to pieces.

Keep thinking, keep interested, keep praying, keep dreaming. Be mentally sensitive at all times so that the magic word that motivates you may one day speak to your deep inner self.

Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.

Avoid arguments, but whenever a negative attitude is expressed, counter with a positive and optimistic opinion.

Take a new look at your present impossible. Consider positive ways to handle it.

Jesus made it clear that the most important thing in the world is our relationship to God and to others. When we achieve that, everything good will follow.

Every person, if he is to have mental health and live successfully, must move away from past failures and mistakes and go forward without letting them be a weight upon him. The art of forgetting is absolutely necessary.

No matter how dark things become, someone is always with you -- and that someone is God. He helps by giving you peace and a positive mental attitude.

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.

We are all capable of greater things than we realize.

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.

The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties -- he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.

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

One person can make a difference. You don't have to be a big shot. You don't have to have a lot of influence. You just have to have faith in your power to change things.

The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps his head will get ahead.

And now we get down to two magic words that tell us how to accomplish just about anything we want to accomplish, two powerful words that can change any situation, two dynamic words that all too few people use. And what are these two amazing words? Do it!

If you expect the best, you will be the best. Learn to use one of the most powerful laws in this world; change your mental habits to belief instead of disbelief. Learn to expect, not to doubt. In so doing, you bring everything into the realm of possibility.

You must never conclude, even though everything goes wrong, that you cannot succeed. Even at the worst there is a way out, a hidden secret that can turn failure into success and despair into happiness. No situation is so dark that there is not a ray of light.

One of the basic laws of human existence is: find yourself, know yourself, be yourself.

Listen for the magic word of motivation and you will hear it. And then? Well, the sky is the limit!

There is only one group of people who do not have problems, and they are all dead. Problems are a sign of life, so the more problems you have, the more alive you are.

Begin where you are. Don't wait for someone else to change things for you. Do it yourself.

The one person who most blocks you from a full, happy, and successful life is you.

Think health, eat sparingly, exercise regularly, walk a lot, and think positively about yourself.

To change your circumstances, first start thinking differently. Do not passively accept unsatisfactory circumstances, but form a picture in your mind of circumstances as they should be. Believe and succeed.

Thoughts and words form your mental image. And since we become what we picture be sure your thoughts and words express prosperity and blessing rather than poverty and defeat.

When you get up in the morning, you have two choices -- either to be happy or to be unhappy. Just choose to be happy.

I believe there are two sides to the phenomenon known as death, this side where we live, and the other side where we shall continue to live. Eternity does not start ith death. We are in eternity now.

Think joy, talk joy, practice joy, share joy, saturate your mind with joy, and you will have the time of your life today and every day all your life.

The Plus Factor makes its appearance in a person's life in proportion as that person is in harmony with God and His universal laws.

The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of the things and stay there.

Even if you may be down to the worst, the best is potentially within you. You only have to find it, release it, and rise up with it. This requires courage and character, to be sure, but the main requirement is faith. Cultivate faith and you will have the necessary courage and character.

Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.

I place this day, my life, my loved ones, my work in the Lord's hands. There is no harm in the Lord's hands, only good. Whatever happens, whatever results, if I am in the Lord's hands it is the Lord's will and it is good.

Though one may acquire much in wealth, fame, or honor, the real joy of life does not lie there but, rather, in keeping the romance of living going. Nothing gives such complete and profound happiness as the perpetually fresh wonder and mystery of exciting life.

Nothing of great value in this life comes easily.

Any action is better than no action at all.

I've got great faith in the essential fairness and decency -- you may say goodness -- of the human being.

We reach the goal not by the stairs, but by the lift..... God pledges his promised righteousness to those who will stop trying to save themselves.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.

The power of the Plus Factor is potential but it is not self-activating. It is latent in human beings and will remain latent until it is activated.

When you keep asserting that things are going to work out well, that you can do the job, that you will not have a flat tire, that you will get there on time, by talking up good results you invoke the law of positive effects and good results occur. Things do turn out well.

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

Never think negatively, for the negative thinker does a very dangerous thing. He pumps out negative thoughts into the world around him and thus activates the world negatively.

I believe absolutely and certainly that, when you die, you will meet your loved ones and know them and be reunited with them, never to be seperated again.

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.

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.

Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.

If you worry, you are a worrier because your mind is saturated with worry thoughts. To counteract these, mark every passage in your Bible that speaks of faith, hope, and courage.

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.

Whatever your problem, no matter how difficult, you can release spiritual power sufficient to solve your problem. The secret is -- pray and believe.

No matter how many worries and anxieties harass you, remember always that they are removable. Enthusiasm with its immense mental and spiritual power can cancel out all fear.

Have absolutely no sense of guilt about being happy and successful if you operate honestly and with a sense of social responsibility.

The most vital, creative, and positive thoughts are those stated in the Bible. Its words are alive and form powerful thought processes.

Never use the word impossible seriously again. Toss it into the verbal wastebucket.

What is hope? Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true.

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.

Motivation is like nutrition. It must be taken daily and in healthy doses to keep it going.

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.

Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.

He was suffering from self-love, a chief cure for which is the practice of love for others.

To be successful is to be helpful, caring and constructive, to make everything and everyone you touch a little bit better.

People who assume failure tend to have the failure.

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.

There is only one person with whom to compete and that is yourself. Keep aiming to surpass your own best performance and ever strive to reach higher levels.

Expect the best and get it.

Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.

Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.

Nobody ever mastered any skill except through intensive persistent and intelligent practice.

Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.

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.

A masterful retreat is itself a victory.

Masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

It takes struggle, a goal and enthusiasm to make a champion.

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

Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.

The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.

Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind.

The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing and becomes nothing.

Develop serenity and quiet attitudes through your conversation. Depending upon the words we use and the tone in which we use them, we can talk ourselves into being nervous, high-strung, and upset. By our speech, we can also achieve quiet reactions. Talk peaceful to be peaceful.

How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively.

There is nothing in life so difficult that it cannot be overcome. This faith can move mountains. It can change people. It can change the world. You can survive all the great storms in your life.

When obstacles or difficulties arise, the positive thinker takes them as creative opportunities.

Silence fertilizes the deep place where personality grows. A life with a peaceful center can weather all storms.

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.

Faith is the most powerful of all forces operating in humanity and when you have it in depth nothing can get you down.

If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.

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.

Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself ... nothing is impossible!

Through persistence, self-knowledge, prayer, commitment, optimism, a resolute trust in God and the building of your own personal moral strength, you can enjoy the blessings of a deeper faith and face the difficulties of life with courage and confidence.

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure.

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.

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

Life is a blend of laughter and tears, a combination of rain and sunshine.

When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.

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.

The antidote to frustration is a calm faith, not in your own cleverness, or in hard toil, but in God's guidance.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

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

Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.

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.

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.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.