Quotes by Norman Vincent Peale
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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.

Religious faith may very well be considered a science, for it responds invariably to certain formulae. Perform the technique of faith according to the laws which have been proved workable in human experience and you will always get a result of power.

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.

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.

Do not always ask when you pray, but instead affirm that God's blessings are being given, and spend most of your prayers giving thanks.

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.

Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving, and of families united.

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.

Live your life and forget your age.

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.

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

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.

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

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

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

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.

The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.

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.

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

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.