Quotes from Norman Vincent Peale
Constantly reemphasize to yourself the great fact that God built potential strength into your nature. By affirming it and practicing it, this basic strength will toughen up as muscles do.
- Norman Vincent Peale
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.
- Norman Vincent Peale
The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Stress the thought of plenty. Thoughts of plenty help create plenty.
- Norman Vincent Peale
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Promise yourself success at the beginning of each day, and you'll be surprised how often things will turn out that way.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.
- 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
Check what you did right and don't get lost in basking on your glory. It will make it easier to repeat whatever you did that created the success.
- Norman Vincent Peale
The man who lives for himself is a failure; the man who lives for others has achieved true success.
- Norman Vincent Peale
There are some things you can't learn from others. You have to pass through the fire.
- Norman Vincent Peale