Best 391 quotes of Norman Vincent Peale on MyQuotes

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

. . . a basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for. This, of course, is a fact. Thankfulness does tend to reproduce in kind. The attitude of gratitude revitalizes the entire mental process by activating all other attitudes, thus stimulating creativity.

A clean mind always delivers power.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.

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.

Almighty God freely bestows the good things in this world in proportion to a person's mental readiness to receive.

Always maintain hopefulness, especially when the going is hard.

Always remember that problems contain values that have improvement potential.

Always remember, there is more strength in you than you ever realized or even imagined. Certainly nothing can keep you down if you are determined to get on top of things and stay there.

A masterful retreat is itself a victory.

America has become so tense and nervous it has been years since I have seen anyone sleep in church - and that is a sad situation.

Americans used to roar like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security.

Americans are so tense and keyed up that it is impossible even to put them to sleep with a sermon.

And if the mind thinks with a believing attitude one can do amazing things.

And now we get down to two magic words that tell us how to accomplish just about anything we want to accomplish, two powerful words that can change any situation, two dynamic words that all too few people use. And what are these two amazing words? Do it!

And what marvelous things there are for which to be grateful in God's great Creation!

Any action is better than no action at all.

Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.

Any fact facing us, however difficult, even seemingly hopeless, is not so important as our attitude toward that fact. How you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You may permit a fact to overwhelm you mentally before you deal with it actually. On the other hand, a confident and optimistic thought pattern can overcome or modify the fact altogether.

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure.

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.

A peaceful mind generates power.

A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it.

A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it. Positive thinking is a form of thought which habitually looks for the best results from the worst conditions

A primary method for gaining a mind of full peace is to practice emptying the mind.

Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.

As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.

A true apology is more than just aknowledgment of a mistake. It is recognition that something you have said or done has damaged a relationship and that you care enough about the relationship to want it repaired and restored.

A vital part of the happiness formula is self-discipline. Whoever conquers himself knows deep happiness that fills the heart with joy.

Avoid arguments, but whenever a negative attitude is expressed, counter with a positive and optimistic opinion.

A war fitness conference some time ago declared that the highest form of recreation is to go to church. The word recreation should be written re-creation. More real rest can be gained from an hour and a quarter of worship under these circumstances than by eighteen holes of golf.

A wish is an attitude of mind to which wings have been attached. You wish and you dream, and your whole nature focuses to bring your wishes and dreams to pass.

A workable and effective way to meet and overcome difficulties is to take on someone else's problems. It is a strange fact but you can often handle two difficulties-your own and somebody else's-better than you can handle your own alone. That truth is based on a subtle law of self-giving or outgoingness whereby you develop a self-strengthening in the process.

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

Before you go to sleep, run over your personal world mentally and thank God for everyone and everything.

Begin where you are. Don't wait for someone else to change things for you. Do it yourself

Be humble, be big in mind and soul, be kindly; you will like yourself that way and so will other people

Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.

Believe and create is a basic fact of successful living.

Believe in yourself, believe in your future.

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities. Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. But with self-confidence you can succeed. A sense of inferiority and inadequacy interferes with the attainment of your hopes, but self-confidence leads to self-realization and successful achievement.

Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.

Believe that all the resources you need are in your mind. That is a formula that really works.

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

Believe you can, and you can. Belief is one of the most powerful of all problem dissolvers. When you believe that a difficulty can be overcome, you are more than halfway to victory over it already.

By acting as you wish yourself to be, in due course you will become as you act.

By success, of course, I do not mean that you may become rich, famous, or powerful for that does not, of necessity, represent achievement. Indeed, not infrequently, such individuals represent pathetic failure as persons.

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun. Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Can you go a whole day with joy in your heart? Joy and vitality are an inseparable combination. Joy is not concerned with having fun; it is an inner spiritual quality that overcomes despair, pain and defeat. You cannot turn on joy like an electric light, but you can prepare yourself to receive it.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.