Top 100 Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
#2. Happiness will never come if it's a goal in itself; happiness is a by-product of a commitment of worthy causes.
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#3. Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you.
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#4. I believe there are two sides to the phenomenon known as death, this side where we live, and the other side where we shall continue to live. Eternity does not start ith death. We are in eternity now.
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#5. Remember that "Help us grow this grass" is a far more effective sign than "Keep off the grass".
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#6. Infantile people complain and say that God is cruel or that there is no God. Mature people, however, know that there is wisdom and sometimes an eternal kindness in God's refusals.
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#7. If you've been full of error and defeat, be done with it. Say, "By God's grace, I'm done with it," and take charge of yourself like never before."
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#9. We are beginning to comprehend a basic truth hitherto neglected, that our physical condition is determined very largely by our emotional condition, and our emotional life is profoundly regulated by our thought life.
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#10. 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.
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#11. Often we have no choice about doing things, but we can always choose how to do them.
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#12. Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.
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#13. Any occupation, any job has excitement in it if you have some excitement in you.
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#14. Hope is wanting something so eagerly that-in spite of all the evidence that you're not going to get it-you go right on wanting it.
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#15. 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.
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#17. Religious faith may very well be considered a science, for it responds invariably to certain formulae. Perform the technique of faith according to the laws which have been proved workable in human experience and you will always get a result of power.
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#18. The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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#19. The man who lives for himself is a failure. Even if he gains much wealth, position or fortune, he is still a failure. The man who lives for others has achieved true success. A rich man who consecrates his wealth and his position to the good of humanity is a success.
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#20. Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles; they toughen and make strong.
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#21. The great secret of getting what you want from life is to know whay you want and believe you can have it. Always do something for others, then ask God to help you get at it.
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#24. He remembered that what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
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#25. The jailer is you. You're the only person who has the key to your cell. You're the only one who can open the door that leads to freedom.
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#26. Grasp a difficulty by the "blade" and it cuts; grasp it by the "handle" and you can use it constructively.
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#28. If you visualize a failure, you tend to create the conditions that produce failure. Visualize-believe-and thank God in advance.
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#29. Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You'll find they haven't half the strength you think they have.
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#30. Never react emotionally to what happens but always look for and find in every circumstance the good that's surely present there.
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#31. Do not exclusively say your prayers in the form of asking God for something. The prayer of thanksgiving is much more powerful.
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#32. 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.
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#33. The greatest measure of a human being isn't how he handles himself when things are going well, but how he handles himself when things are going badly, when defeat comes.
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#34. Nobody ever mastered any skill except through intensive persistent and intelligent practice.
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#35. People who belittle people, will be LITTLE people, and will accomplish very Little
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#37. The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of the things and stay there.
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#38. You are greater than anything that can happen to you. In a big and terrifying crisis, people find within themselves a power and a strength and also a wisdom they had no idea they possessed.
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#39. 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.
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#40. 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.
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#42. When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
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#46. No matter how many worries and anxieties harass you, remember always that they are removable. Enthusiasm with its immense mental and spiritual power can cancel out all fear.
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#47. And now we get down to two magic words that tell us how to accomplish just about anything we want to accomplish, two powerful words that can change any situation, two dynamic words that all too few people use. And what are these two amazing words? Do it!
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#48. No one can ever overcome anything until his thoughts are creative and positive.
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#50. 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.
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#52. To change your circumstances, first start thinking differently. Do not passively accept unsatisfactory circumstances, but form a picture in your mind of circumstances as they should be. Believe and succeed.
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#53. Try to see the joyful side of life. One must see the pain of life with clear eyes, and help all he can; but there is also lots of joy, and on should see that, too.
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#54. 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.
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#58. Your enthusiasm will be infectious, stimulating and attractive to others. They will love you for it They will go for you and with you
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#59. Don't tense up no matter what, for you only close off creative power when you do.
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#61. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure . . . will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. LUKE 6:38
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#62. The mind quickly responds to teaching and discipline. You can make the mind give you back anything you want.
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#63. Getting along with the gang in one place is not any harder than getting along in another. It depends about 98 percent on your own behavior.
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#64. People who are able to turn criticism into a positive situation are going to attract friends.
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#65. Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
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#66. The trouble with most of us is that we'd rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
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#67. Just as we may learn from our successes (how to do it) so also can we learn from our mistakes (how not to do it). It just isn't in the cards that anybody should get by forever without making mistakes and perhaps sometimes making costly ones.
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#68. Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person.
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#70. It is always there for the person who will surrender his life to the Lord and keep on doing so when difficulties arise.
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#71. 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.
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#72. Prayerize, visualize, actualize - that is the formula for successful imaging.
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#73. I truly believe that the individual who learns to practice thanksgiving activates within himself and around himself continuous victories and blessings from God.
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#74. Take charge of your mind and begin to fill it with
healthy, positive, and courageous thoughts.
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#75. Believe that problems do have answers, that they can be overcome, and that you can solve them.
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#76. Decide that you will not try to do everything at once. That is why time is spread out.
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#77. The first step is to fill your life with positive faith that will help you through anything. The second step is to start where you are.
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#80. Keep your mental and spiritual contact points cleaned so that God can operate through your mind.
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#81. People who are really efficient seem to do things easily, with a minimum of effort. In doing so they release maximum power.
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#82. Hold the thought of all elements of the body working together in perfect rhythm.
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#83. Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.
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#84. The whole trend and quality of anyone's life is determined in the long run by the choices that are made.
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#86. Do you think Christianity could have lasted for nearly two thousand years on its promises unless the Lord could deliver on them?
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#87. The most vital, creative, and positive thoughts are those stated in the Bible. Its words are alive and form powerful thought processes.
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#90. Dare to be what you ought to be, dare to be what you dream to be, dare to be the finest you can be. The more you dare, the surer you will be of gaining just what you dare!
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#91. Positive thinking looks upon weak places in people as challenging opportunities.
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#92. There was Glenn Cunningham, whose legs were so badly burned as a child that he was told he would not walk again. But he became one of the fastest Olympic milers in history. Glenn Cunningham told me that faith and positive thinking are 85 per cent of an athlete's success;
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#93. The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.
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#95. The really happy people are those who have broken the chains of procrastination, those who find satisfaction in doing the job at hand. They're full of eagerness, zest, productivity. You can be, too.
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#96. 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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#97. When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
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#99. The purpose of writing inspirational notes is simply to build others up because there are too many people in the demolition business.
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#100. YOU DO NOT need to be a victim of worry. Reduced to its simplest form, what is worry? It is simply an unhealthy and destructive mental habit.
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