Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

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.

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

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

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.

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

The mind, properly controlled, can do just about everything. You can think your way through adversity, you can think your way through problems. It is a superpowerful instrument which so few use to maximum. And if the mind thinks with a believing attitude one can do amazing things.

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

Imagination is the true magic carpet.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

We tend to get what we expect.

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

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.

I place this day, my life, my loved ones, my work in the Lord’s hands. There is no harm in the Lord’s hands, only good. Whatever happens, whatever results, if I am in the Lord’s hands it is the Lord’s will and it is good.

Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.

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