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.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote

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

Change yourself and your work will seem different.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote

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

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.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote

Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote

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

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote

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.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote

It's always too early to quit.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote

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.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote

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

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

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote

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.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote

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 Quote

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

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
- Norman Vincent Peale Quote