Americans are so tense and keyed up that it is impossible even to put them to sleep with a sermon. Norman Vincent Peale More Quotes by Norman Vincent Peale More Quotes From Norman Vincent Peale Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all that you do. It tones up your physical vitality and gives warmth to all your personal relationships. When you associate with enthusiasm long enough it grabs you and takes over within you. Norman Vincent Peale vitalitygivinglong Stress the thought of plenty. Thoughts of plenty help create plenty. Norman Vincent Peale plentystresshelping Always maintain hopefulness, especially when the going is hard. Norman Vincent Peale hopefulnesshard Just as we may learn from our successes (how to do it) so also can we learn from our mistakes (how not to do it). It just isn't in the cards that anybody should get by forever without making mistakes and perhaps sometimes making costly ones. Norman Vincent Peale mistakeforevercards You have to picturize, prayerize and actualize. Norman Vincent Peale Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle. Norman Vincent Peale painstrongmotivational 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. Norman Vincent Peale courageousprinciplesfriendship Be humble, be big in mind and soul, be kindly; you will like yourself that way and so will other people Norman Vincent Peale familylovelife Never think negatively, for the negative thinker does a very dangerous thing. He pumps out negative thoughts into the world around him and thus activates the world negatively. Norman Vincent Peale doenegativethinking Make sure you pay attention to what's right with your life, not just what's wrong. Norman Vincent Peale gratitudepositive-thinkingattention Nothing can stand in the way of the man who focuses his entire self on a problem. Norman Vincent Peale selfmenway The only figure in history who endures is Jesus. Norman Vincent Peale christianreligionjesus Almighty God freely bestows the good things in this world in proportion to a person's mental readiness to receive. Norman Vincent Peale good-thingsworldreligion Many people conceive of religion as something apart from everyday affairs of the world. They think of it in terms of ceremony or ritual or sermons and often it strikes them as being dull or not particularly interesting. Religion may be described in many ways. I like to think of it as a medicine, a healing medicine for the mind. Norman Vincent Peale medicinehealingthinking The capacity to be either happy or unhappy is determined by the manner in which you react to whatever happens. Norman Vincent Peale determinedunhappycapacity The trouble with the average person is that he doesn't trust himself sufficiently to create and deliver ideas. Norman Vincent Peale confidenceaverageideas Think, the successful idea is always in your mind. Think it out. Norman Vincent Peale successfulideasthinking Never allow sick attitudes to poison your thinking, nor let ill will make you ill. Avoid making your mind sore by that painful rehurting called resentment. Norman Vincent Peale ill-willattitudethinking 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 Norman Vincent Peale businesswisemotivational Life is a blend of laughter and tears, a combination of rain and sunshine. Norman Vincent Peale laughterkindnesslife
