Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

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Norman Vincent Peale

Profession : Clergyman

Birth : May 31, 1898

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

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

We tend to get what we expect.

Norman Vincent Peale

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

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

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

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

Norman Vincent Peale

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

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

Norman Vincent Peale

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

Norman Vincent Peale

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

Norman Vincent Peale

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

Norman Vincent Peale

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

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

Norman Vincent Peale

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

Norman Vincent Peale