Quotes from Norman Vincent Peale

Courage can be many things, but the secret of courage is simply and honestly to admit your feelings of failure. And then with God's help go on and do your job in spite of them.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

Knowing how to help people is an art and the person who knows how to do it can always know that he will have the lasting affection of many.

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle

The secret is to fill your mind with thoughts of faith, confidence, and security. This will force out or expel all thoughts of doubt, all lack of confidence. To one man who for a long time had been haunted by insecurities and fears I suggested that he read through the Bible underlining in red pencil every statement it contains relative to courage and confidence. He also committed them to memory, in effect cramming his mind full of the healthiest, happiest, most powerful thoughts in the world.

So always picture "success" no matter how badly things seem to be going at the moment.

Never think of yourself as failing; never doubt the reality of the mental image. That is most dangerous, for the mind always tries to complete what it pictures.

Norman Vincent Peale A peaceful mind generates power. from his book The Powers of Positive Thinking.

2. Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal powers comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

Love Your Life And The LIfe Will Love You Back

Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain." Practice confidence and faith and your fears and insecurities will soon have no power over you.

Every day flush lack thoughts out of your mind and refill with dynamic thoughts of abundance. Expect generous benefits in never failing supply.

The words we speak have a direct and definite effect upon our thoughts. Thoughts create words, for words are the vehicles of ideas. But words also affect thoughts and help to condition if not to create attitudes. In fact, what often passes for thinking starts with talk.

I do not worry too much; if I do my best, I believe that what happens, happens for the best.

imaging has its own formula: 1) the goal, 2) the purpose, 3) prayer activity, 4) thoughtful planning, 5) innovative thinking, 6) enthusiasm, 7) organized hard work, and 8) always holding the image of success firmly in mind. If this formula is faithfully carried out, the desired results will be achieved despite all difficulties or setbacks.

Live your life, not your age.

Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system, and profoundly affects the heart." Robert Frost declared, "The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.

You Can overcome any obstacle. You can achieve the most tremendous things by faith power.

The secret of life isn't what happens to you but what you do with what happens to you.

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

Get interested in something! Absolutely enthralled in something! The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

as his self-defenses seemed to indicate. When the younger employee

It's always too early to quit

If you have been long defeated by a difficulty, it is probably because you have told yourself for weeks, months, and even for years that there is nothing you can do about it. But when you emphasize and reemphasize a positive attitude, you will finally convince your own consciousness that you can do something about difficulties.