Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
 

US clergyman and author. Among the numerous books he has written he is best known for his book," The Power of Positive Thinking". A book that has positively influenced millions of people around the world!

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Below are words of wisdom in the form of inspirational quotes and motivational quotes by Norman Vincent Peale:

The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.
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Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
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Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy
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We tend to get what we expect.
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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.
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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.
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The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
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In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
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There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
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Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.
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Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
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The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
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What is hope? Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true.
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Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
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If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.
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The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how."
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Live your life and forget your age.
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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure.
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Change your thoughts and you change your world.
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Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
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Cut the "im" out of impossible, leading that dynamic word standing out free and clear - possible.
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Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
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The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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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.
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Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
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If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
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We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
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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.
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Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.
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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.
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Always remember that problems contain values that have improvement potential.
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One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that.
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Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
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When you wholeheartedly adopt a "with all your heart" attitude and go out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
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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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Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
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The "as if" principle works. Act "as if" you were not afraid and you will become courageous, "as if" you could and you'll find you can. Act "as if" you like a person and you'll find a friendship.
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Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.
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Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
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Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
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Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
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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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