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Norman Vincent Peale [1898-1993] American

Rank: 4
Clergyman, Minister

Norman Vincent Peale was an American minister and author and a progenitor of "positive thinking". His ideas were not accepted by mental health experts.

Attitude, Imagination, Motivational, Success, Change, Christmas, Failure, Faith, Fear, Great, Happiness, Inspirational, Learning, Life, Peace, Power, Relationship, Strength

Quote	Tags	Rank
Change your thoughts and you change your world.	Change, Inspirational	11
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.	Faith, Motivational	102
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.	Christmas	103
We tend to get what we expect.		104
If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.	Life	105
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.	Attitude	106
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.		107
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.	Attitude, Failure, Success	108
Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.		109
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.		110
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.		111
The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.	Peace	112
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.	Fear, Great	113
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.	Happiness	114
If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.		115
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.		116
Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.	Imagination	117
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.		118
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.		119
Imagination is the true magic carpet.	Imagination	120
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.		121
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.	Strength	122
Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.		123
It's always too early to quit.	Motivational	124
You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.		125
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.	Learning, Relationship	126
Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.		201
Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.	Success	202
When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.	Attitude	203
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.		204
When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.	Power	205
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.		206
The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.		207
If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.		208
Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.		209
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.		210
Change yourself and your work will seem different.		211
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.		212

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