Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

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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

Norman Vincent Peale

Positive Thinking, Looks, Negative

Norman Vincent Peale (2015). “Have a Great Day: Daily Affirmations for Positive Living”, p.56, Open Road Media

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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.

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Inspirational, Life, Positive

Norman Vincent Peale “The Power of Positive Thinking”, Om Books International

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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.

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Inspirational, Strong, Mistake

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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.

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Powerful, Believe, Victory

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2007). “The Amazing Results of Positive Thinking”, p.162, Simon and Schuster

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Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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Weed, Dwelling, Optimism

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

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Inspirational, Life, Change

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2013). “You Can If You Think You Can”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.

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Life, Softball, Sports

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (1993). “Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration for Each Day of the Year”, Touchstone

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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.

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God, Powerful, Teaching

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Change your thoughts and you change your world.

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Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Norman Vincent Peale (1970). “Norman Vincent Peale's treasury of courage and confidence”

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When we start focusing on things we can do and don't think so much about the things we can't do, things really start to happen

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Encouragement, Thinking, Happens

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Promise yourself success at the beginning of each day, and you'll be surprised how often things will turn out that way.

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Promise, Each Day, Way

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A basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.

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Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Art

Norman Vincent Peale (1970). “Norman Vincent Peale's treasury of courage and confidence”

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If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were - and as you act and persevere in acting, so you tend to become.

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Quality, Acting, Want

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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.

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Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2007). “The Tough-Minded Optimist”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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A peaceful mind generates power.

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Inspirational, Peaceful, Mind

Norman Vincent Peale “The Power of Positive Thinking”, Om Books International

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Faith is the one power against which fear cannot stand. Day by day, as you fill your mind with faith, there will ultimately be no more room left for fear. This is the one great fact that no one should forget. Master faith and you will automatically master fear.

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Spiritual, Mind, Rooms

Norman Vincent Peale “The Power of Positive Thinking”, Om Books International

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The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

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Inspirational, Integrity, Yoga

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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.

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Motivational, Powerful, Law

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You have a choice everyday... You can choose every morning whether you will be depressed and miserable, or whether you will be happy.

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Morning, Choices, Everyday

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

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Business, Problem, Seeds

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2007). “The Positive Principle Today”, p.10, Simon and Schuster

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A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it.

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Negative, Doe, Thinker

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2007). “The Amazing Results of Positive Thinking”, p.1, Simon and Schuster

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Nothing is more confusing than people who give good advice but set a bad example.

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People, Giving, Advice

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

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Inspirational, Positive, Children

Norman Vincent Peale (2015). “Have a Great Day: Daily Affirmations for Positive Living”, p.17, Open Road Media

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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.

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Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration for Each Day of the Year". Book by Norman Vincent Peale. Entry for April 13, 1993.

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To cure worry, spend fifteen minutes daily filling your mind full of God. Worry is just a very bad mental habit. You can change any habit with God's help.

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Christian, Worry, Mind

Norman Vincent Peale (2015). “Have a Great Day: Daily Affirmations for Positive Living”, p.64, Open Road Media

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Born: May 31, 1898
Died: December 24, 1993
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