Norman Vincent Peale Quotes – Positive Thoughts & Power

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This collection of quotes by Norman Vincent Peale are inspiring and help to remind us of the enormous power of our thoughts.

Norman Vincent Peale (1898 – 1993) was an American author and Christian preacher. He is known for his work in the fields of positive thinking, personality development, faith healing , financial success, inspiration, and motivation.

What is Norman Vincent Peale Famous For?

Peale’s most famous book is “The Power Of Positive Thinking“, a book that was on the  New York Times Bestseller list  for 186 weeks, and encourages positive thinking techniques such as affirmations and visualizations.

What did Norman Vincent Peale Believe In?

According to Peale, individuals can control their own destiny and future through a correct mental attitude.

He believed that thoughts are powerful and that we all have the ability to use our thoughts and beliefs for creating the life that we desire, that we can create our own happiness and that we can overcome obstacles and struggles in life by ensuring our thoughts are always positive and uplifting.

Peale’s quotes are a great way to remind us of the power of our thoughts and can help to inspire us to take action, shift our mindsets and look at obstacles in our lives from a different, more proactive perspective. We hope they inspire you too:

Norman Vincent Peale Quotes on Positive Thoughts

 

“A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it. Positive thinking is a form of thought which habitually looks for the best results from the worst conditions.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“Promise yourself success at the beginning of each day, and you’ll be surprised how often things will turn out that way.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were – and as you act and persevere in acting, so you tend to become.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“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.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“Develop serenity and quiet attitudes through your conversation. Depending upon the words we use and the tone in which we use them, we can talk ourselves into being nervous, high-strung, and upset. By our speech, we can also achieve quiet reactions. Talk peaceful to be peaceful.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“Joy increases as you give it and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“Believe you can, and you can. Belief is one of the most powerful of all problem dissolvers. When you believe that a difficulty can be overcome, you are more than halfway to victory over it already.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“Remember that “Help us grow this grass” is a far more effective sign than “Keep off the grass”.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

Norman Vincent Peale Quote About Keep Off The Grass

 

“When you expect the best, you release a magnetic force in your mind which by a law of attraction tends to bring the best to you.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

Norman Vincent Peale Inspirational Quotes

 

“What the mind can conceive and believe, and the heart desire, you can achieve.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves, they have the first secret of success.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. Make all your friends feel there is something special in them. Look at the sunny side of everything. Think only the best, be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“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

 

“Nothing is more confusing than people who give good advice but set a bad example.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“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.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“Medication is of course important but do not conclude that a pill dissolving in your stomach is necessarily more powerful than a healing thought in your mind.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“The cyclone derives its power from a calm center. So does a person.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

 

Norman Vincent Peale Quotes On Obstacles & Challenges

 

“Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them you’ll find they haven’t half the strength you think they have.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“The only people who don’t have problems are in a cemetery.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

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

 

“Remember, there is no situation so completely hopeless that something constructive cannot be done about it. When faced with a minus, ask yourself what you can do to make it a plus. A person practicing this attitude will extract undreamed-of outcomes from the most unpromising situations. Realize that there are no hopeless situations; there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities, always see them, for they’re always there.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“Often, we have no choice about doing things, but we can always choose how to do them.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“Become a possibilitarian. 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.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

“Stand up to an obstacle. Just stand up to it, that’s all, and don’t give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break, and it won’t be you, it will be the obstacle.” Norman Vincent Peale

 

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

 

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