Famous Quotes & Sayings

Norman Vincent Peale

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

Norman Vincent Peale

Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.

Norman Vincent Peale

Talk peaceful to be peaceful.

Norman Vincent Peale

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

Norman Vincent Peale

Never say anything to hurt anyone. Moreover . . . refrain from double talk, from shrewd and canny remarks that are designed to advance our interests at someone's disadvantage. We are to turn our back upon evil, and in every way possible, do good, help people and bring blessings into their lives.

Norman Vincent Peale

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.

Norman Vincent Peale

Make a list of your friends and determine who is the most positive thinker among them and deliberately cultivate his society.

Norman Vincent Peale

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.

Norman Vincent Peale

A clean mind always delivers power.

Norman Vincent Peale

We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors.

Norman Vincent Peale

The one person who most blocks you from a full, happy, and successful life is you.

Norman Vincent Peale

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

Norman Vincent Peale

When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.

Norman Vincent Peale

The whole trend and quality of anyone's life is determined in the long run by the choices that are made.

Norman Vincent Peale

The great secret of getting what you want from life is to know whay you want and believe you can have it. Always do something for others, then ask God to help you get at it.

Norman Vincent Peale

Have absolutely no sense of guilt about being happy and successful if you operate honestly and with a sense of social responsibility.

Norman Vincent Peale

Any fact facing us, however difficult, even seemingly hopeless, is not so important as our attitude towards 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.

Norman Vincent Peale

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

Norman Vincent Peale

One of the few greatest satisfactions of this life is to handle problems efficiently and well.

Norman Vincent Peale

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

Norman Vincent Peale

Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person.

Norman Vincent Peale

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.

Norman Vincent Peale

The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps his head will get ahead.

Norman Vincent Peale

How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively.

Norman Vincent Peale

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.

Norman Vincent Peale

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

Norman Vincent Peale

Develop serenity and quiet attitudes through your conversation. Depending upon the words we use and the tone in which we use them, we can talk ourselves into being nervous, high-strung, and upset. By our speech, we can also achieve quiet reactions. Talk peaceful to be peaceful.

Norman Vincent Peale

If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.

Emile Zola

There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.

Emile Zola

The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it.

Emile Zola

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

Emile Zola

I would rather die of passion than of boredom.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

I believe that there are certain attributes in a woman that give her some advantages over a man. Women are usually more honest, more sensitive to issues and bring a stronger sense of commitment and dedication to what they do. Maybe because they were mothers, and being a mother you have that special attention for the family, for the young, for children.