Quotes by Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale

American minister and author

Alive from: 1898-1993

Category: Politics | Writers (Contemporary)

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

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  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.

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

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  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.

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

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  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.

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  Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

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

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  Change your thoughts and you change your world.

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  Change yourself and your work will seem different.

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  Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

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  Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

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

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

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  First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, ''I believe,'' three times.