Quotes from Norman Vincent Peale

Believe that problems do have answers, that they can be overcome, and that you can solve them.

Think joy, talk joy, practice joy, share joy, saturate your mind with joy, and you will have the time of your life today and every day all your life.

Cultivate will power, that massive creative force that God the creator built into you. Do not let it remain flabby but strengthen it by use and exercise.

Hold an image of the life you want, and that image will become fact.

You only lose energy when life becomes dull in your mind. Your mind gets bored and therefore tired of doing nothing.

Life is a blend of laughter and tears, a combination of rain and sunshine.

You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.

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

Every day remind yourself of your own ability, of your good mind and affirm that you can make something really good out of your life.

Make sure you pay attention to what's right with your life, not just what's wrong.

Try to see the joyful side of life. One must see the pain of life with clear eyes, and help all he can; but there is also lots of joy, and on should see that, too.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

Only the believers pick up the prizes in life.

The individual who knows the score about life sees difficulties as opportunities

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

Do not exclusively say your prayers in the form of asking God for something. The prayer of thanksgiving is much more powerful.

I truly believe that the individual who learns to practice thanksgiving activates within himself and around himself continuous victories and blessings from God.

The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.

Decide that you will not try to do everything at once. That is why time is spread out.

Great issues develop from small beginnings.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

It's always too early to quit.

Positive thinking is how you think about a problem. Enthusiasm is how you feel about a problem. The two together determine what you do about a problem.

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