Norman Vincent Peale Quotes (20 quotations)
1. Age-based retirement arbitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talents, scars their health, strains an already overburdened Social Security system, and drives many elderly people into poverty and despair. Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism. - Norman Vincent Peale
2. Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. - Norman Vincent Peale
3. Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. - Norman Vincent Peale
4. Change your thoughts and you change your world. - Norman Vincent Peale
5. Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. - Norman Vincent Peale
6. Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can. - Norman Vincent Peale
7. Don't take tomorrow to bed with you. - Norman Vincent Peale
8. Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. - Norman Vincent Peale
9. Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. - Norman Vincent Peale
10. If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal. - Norman Vincent Peale
11. It's always too early to quit. - Norman Vincent Peale
12. 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. - Norman Vincent Peale
13. The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ. - Norman Vincent Peale
14. The 'how' thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile 'ifs'. - Norman Vincent Peale
15. The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence. - Norman Vincent Peale
16. The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. - Norman Vincent Peale
17. There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. - Norman Vincent Peale
18. Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow. - Norman Vincent Peale
19. We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities. - Norman Vincent Peale
20. You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched. - Norman Vincent Peale
2. Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. - Norman Vincent Peale
3. Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. - Norman Vincent Peale
4. Change your thoughts and you change your world. - Norman Vincent Peale
5. Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. - Norman Vincent Peale
6. Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can. - Norman Vincent Peale
7. Don't take tomorrow to bed with you. - Norman Vincent Peale
8. Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. - Norman Vincent Peale
9. Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. - Norman Vincent Peale
10. If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal. - Norman Vincent Peale
11. It's always too early to quit. - Norman Vincent Peale
12. 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. - Norman Vincent Peale
13. The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ. - Norman Vincent Peale
14. The 'how' thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile 'ifs'. - Norman Vincent Peale
15. The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence. - Norman Vincent Peale
16. The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. - Norman Vincent Peale
17. There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. - Norman Vincent Peale
18. Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow. - Norman Vincent Peale
19. We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities. - Norman Vincent Peale
20. You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched. - Norman Vincent Peale
