Norman Vincent Peale
22 quotations
Live your life and forget your age.
Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
We tend to get what we expect.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe, three times.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Change yourself and your work will seem different.
The how thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile ifs.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
It is a fact that you project what you are.