Norman Vincent Peale

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

Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

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.

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

Silence fertilizes the deep place where personality grows. A life with a peaceful center can weather all storms.

Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.

We may live victoriously, not because we have any power within ourselves, but because when we give ourselves to God, He gives himself to us.

Believe and create is a basic fact of successful living.

Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. Its no use. I cant go on. If you do youre licked and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.

Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.

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.

You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.

Christmas is the season of joy of holiday greetings exchanged of gift givingand of families united.

Practice excited thinking until you become excited and exciting.

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

Youre a winner. The tests of life are not meant to break you but to make you.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

Think excitement talk excitement act out excitement and you are bound to become an excited person.

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.

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

Never think negatively, for the negative thinker does a very dangerous thing. He pumps out negative thoughts into the world around him and thus activates the world negatively.

When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.

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

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

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

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.

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.

You can do amazing things if you have strong faith deep desire and just hang in there.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

Fear is never a reason for quitting it is only an excuse.

Through persistence self knowledge prayer commitment optimism a resolute trust in God and the building of your own personal moral strength you can enjoy the blessings of a deeper faith and face the difficulties of life with courage and confidence.

Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.

The secret of life isnt what happens to you but what you do with what happens to you.

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

I firmly believe that when you die you will enter immediately into another life. They who have gone before us are alive in one form of life and we in another.

When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow the act of self giving is a personal power releasing factor.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Good intentions are no substitute for obedience.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

To cure worry spend fifteen minutes daily filling your mind full of God. Worry is just a very bad mental habit. You can change any habit with Gods help.

Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.

When people believe in themselves they have the first secret of success

The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.

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.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

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.

Imagination is the true magic carpet.

It takes struggle a goal and enthusiasm to make a champion.

Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body.

Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.

Whatever your problem, no matter how difficult, you can release spiritual power sufficient to solve your problem. The secret is--pray and believe.

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.

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

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart develop the happiness habit and life will become a continual feast.

Your enthusiasm will be infectious stimulating and attractive to others. They will love you for it. They will go for you and with you.

We tend to get what we expect.

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

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.

It's always too early to quit.

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

All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.

The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.

What the mind can conceive and believe, and the heart desire, you can achieve.

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater they should be carried out at once.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you dont have any problems you dont get any seeds.

Think positively about yourself.... ask God who made you to keep on remaking you.

Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

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

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.

The life of inner peace being harmonious and without stress is the easiest type of existence.

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which repeated frequently enough becomes an automatic reflex.