Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Optimism, Health, Praise, Love, People, Positive Attitudes
Great issues develop from small beginnings.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: One Step at a Time
The only way you can live a truly creative life or know the highest happiness is by developing your own unique potential.
—Norman Vincent Peale
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.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Success, Mistakes
The one person who most blocks you from a full, happy, and successful life is you. He is therefore wise who makes himself an asset. We can be our won worst enemy or best friend. We can be a source of trouble or a cure for trouble. So if you feel empty, as many do, start by getting free from yourself as a first stop to vibrant living.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Being True to Yourself
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Energy, Perspective, Serenity
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.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Wealth
Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving, and of families united.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Christmas
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.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Faith
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Defeat, Hope
Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Enthusiasm
The individual who knows the score about life sees difficulties as opportunities.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Difficulties
Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Fear, Mind
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: World, Holidays, Christmas
Imagination is the true magic carpet.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Imagination
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
—Norman Vincent Peale
The mind, properly controlled, can do just about everything. You can think your way through adversity, you can think your way through problems. It is a superpowerful instrument which so few use to maximum. And if the mind thinks with a believing attitude one can do amazing things.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Thinking
I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Christmas
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.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
—Norman Vincent Peale
The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Self-Control
Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person. Life will take on a new zest, deeper interest and greater meaning. You can think, talk and act yourself into dullness or into monotony or into unhappiness. By the same process you can build up inspiration, excitement and surging depth of joy.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Happiness consists not in having, but of being, not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is the warm glow of a heart at peace with itself.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Joy
Happiness will never come if it’s a goal in itself; happiness is a by-product of a commitment of worthy causes.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Happiness
Don’t write off the importance of hard work, the guts to keep at it, a definite goal, and the ability to have fun in the process. If there’s no fun in it, something’s wrong with all you’re doing.
—Norman Vincent Peale
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.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Self Confidence, Strength
There is a basic law that like attracts like. Negative thinking definitely attracts negative results. Conversely, if a person habitually thinks optimistically and hopefully, his positive thinking sets in motion creative forces—and success instead of eluding him flows toward him.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Be interesting, be enthusiastic… and don’t talk too much.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Speakers, Speaking
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
—Norman Vincent Peale
Topics: Problems
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