Norman Vincent Peale
Norman Vincent Peale
Norman Vincent Pealewas an American minister and authorand a progenitor of "positive thinking". His ideas were not accepted by mental health experts...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSelf-Help Author
Date of Birth31 May 1898
CityBowersville, OH
CountryUnited States of America
weather silence personality
Silence fertilizes the deep place where personality grows. A life with a peaceful center can weather all storms.
christian religion thank-god
Trouble is here. It is for a purpose. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended - to help you grow. Thank God for your troubles.
inspirational-life happens greater
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
christian thinking two
Do you think Christianity could have lasted for nearly two thousand years on its promises unless the Lord could deliver on them?
christian father religion
The Bible tells us that the sins of the fathers are passed to succeeding generations. The virtues of the fathers can be passed along, too.
self growth bigger
Dare to be what your best self knows you ought to be; dare to be a bigger human being than you have ever been.
christian jesus religion
Jesus made it clear that the most important thing in the world is our relationship to God and to others. When we achieve that, everything good will follow.
prayer attitude believe
God in His answers to prayer often says "Yes." Sometimes He says "Wait." Often He says "No." In any case, His will is done, and true faith is to believe that what happened has happened for the best. If one does not take that attitude, he is setting his personal desire against the wisdom of God. Oftentimes we confuse with faith merely that which we desire.
believer prize picks
Only the believers pick up the prizes in life.
success fire
There are some things you can't learn from others. You have to pass through the fire.
thinking blessing abundance
Confidently receive God's abundant blessings. Think abundance, prosperity, and the best of everything.
inspirational hurt blessing
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.
defeat wells humans
The greatest measure of a human being isn't how he handles himself when things are going well, but how he handles himself when things are going badly, when defeat comes.
sleep impossible tense
Americans are so tense and keyed up that it is impossible even to put them to sleep with a sermon.