Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

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

"Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do"

"Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do."

"If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind."

"Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong"

"It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship."

"Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful."

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

"Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have."

"A masterful retreat is itself a victory"

"Don't duck the most difficult problems. That just insures that the hardest part will be left when you're most tired. Get the big one done - it's downhill from then on."

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

"Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that."

"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."

"Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle."

"It is a fact that you project what you are."

"The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism."

"If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal."

"Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use. I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on."

"Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind,deliberately voice a positive one to cancel it out."