Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

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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!

Norman Vincent Peale
You do not need to let anything get you down, but if you are down you certainly need not let anything keep you down.

Norman Vincent Peale
Keep your mental and spiritual contact points cleaned so that God can operate through your mind.

Norman Vincent Peale
Go at life with abandon; give it all you've got. And life will give all it has to you.

Norman Vincent Peale
Every day practice emptying your mind of all unhealthy attitudes.

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

Norman Vincent Peale
Not every day can be an easy one, nor every day fully happy; but even a day of tough going and difficulty can be a good day.

Norman Vincent Peale
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.

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

Norman Vincent Peale
You are greater than anything that can happen to you. In a big and terrifying crisis, people find within themselves a power and a strength and also a wisdom they had no idea they possessed.

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

Norman Vincent Peale
Always remember that problems contain values that have improvement potential.

Norman Vincent Peale
Many people conceive of religion as something apart from everyday affairs of the world. They think of it in terms of ceremony or ritual or sermons and often it strikes them as being dull or not particularly interesting. Religion may be described in many ways. I like to think of it as a medicine, a healing medicine for the mind.

Norman Vincent Peale
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.

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

Norman Vincent Peale
Make a mental list of happy thoughts and pass them through your mind several times every day.

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

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

Norman Vincent Peale
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.

Norman Vincent Peale
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.

Norman Vincent Peale
Just as we may learn from our successes (how to do it) so also can we learn from our mistakes (how not to do it). It just isn't in the cards that anybody should get by forever without making mistakes and perhaps sometimes making costly ones.

Norman Vincent Peale
Today remind yourself that nothing is too good to be true. Your great hopes can be realized. Your most wonderful dreams can come true. All that you really need, you can have. An incredible goodness is operating on your behalf. If you are living a paltry life, resolve to stop it today. Expect great things to happen.

Norman Vincent Peale
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.

Norman Vincent Peale
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.

Norman Vincent Peale
If you think lack you tend to create a condition of lack. Shift your thought pattern to one of abundance and believe that God is now in the process of giving you the abundance you need.

Norman Vincent Peale
Hold the thought of all elements of the body working together in perfect rhythm.

Norman Vincent Peale
Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.

Norman Vincent Peale
The longer I live the more I am convinced that neither age nor circumstance needs to deprive us of energy and vitality. We are at last awakening to the close relationship between religion and health....our physical condition is determined very largely by our emotional condition, and our emotional life is profoundly regulated by our thought life.

Norman Vincent Peale
Everybody really knows what to do to have his life filled with joy. What is it? Quit hating people; start loving them. Quit being mad at people; start liking them. Quit doing wrong; quit being filled with fear. Quit thinking about yourself and go out and do something for other people. Everybody knows what you have to do to be happy. But the wisdom of the test lies in the final words: "If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them."

Norman Vincent Peale
Remember: what you think you will become - good or bad, weak or strong, defeated or victorious.

Norman Vincent Peale