Norman Vincent Peale was born in May 31, 1898, Browerville, Ohio, U.S. and died December 24, 1993, Pawling, New York. He is an influential and inspirational American religious leader who, after World War 2 tried to install a spiritual renewal in the United States with his sermons, public-speaking events, broadcasts, newspaper columns, and books. He is an author best known for popularizing the concept of positive thinking, especially through his best-selling book The power of positive thinking (1952).
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Norman Vincent Peale Quotes:
- 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.
- Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
- Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
- Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
- 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.
- Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.
- When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
- Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
- Change yourself and your work will seem different.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Imagination is the true magic carpet.
- The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
- When every physical and mental resources is focused, one’s power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.
- Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
- Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
- If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
