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
ability raises cents
Make a true estimate of your own ability, then raise it ten per cent.
tired bored mind
You only lose energy when life becomes dull in your mind. Your mind gets bored and therefore tired of doing nothing.
life philosophy love-you
Artur Rubinstein, the famous pianist, was once asked the secret of his success-was it dedication, ability, discipline, hard work? Mr. Rubinstein smiled as he remarked, "It's hard to say, but one thing I do know: if you love life, life will love you back!" What a wonderful insight! That philosophy explains how a man in his eighties can continue to be so creative. For life is simply filled with exciting blessings for everybody. They're ours if we give enough of ourselves to life!
money
There is nothing at all wrong with having money unless money has you.
mind ability good-mind
Every day remind yourself of your own ability, of your good mind and affirm that you can make something really good out of your life.
years careers decision
It is said that history turns on small hinges. A human career, too, results from an accumulating series of decisions about large and small matters over a period of years. But the catch is that you can never know when a seemingly small decision may prove to be, from the vantage of later years, the big decision of your life.
inspirational change mind
A clean mind always delivers power.
change cutting impossible
Cut the "im" out of impossible, leading that dynamic word standing out free and clear-possible.
hope spite evidence
Hope is wanting something so eagerly that-in spite of all the evidence that you're not going to get it-you go right on wanting it.
uplifting mean achievement
... not mere achievement, but rather the more difficult feat of handling your life efficiently. It means to be a success as a person; controlled, organized, not part of the world's problems, but part of its cure. ... of being creative individuals.
dark light secret
You must never conclude, even though everything goes wrong, that you cannot succeed. Even at the worst there is a way out, a hidden secret that can turn failure into success and despair into happiness. No situation is so dark that there is not a ray of light
inspirational positive success
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.
life success believe
Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.
morning two choices
When you get up in the morning, you have two choices - either to be happy or to be unhappy. Just choose to be happy