Americans used to roar like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security. Norman Vincent Peale More Quotes by Norman Vincent Peale More Quotes From 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 positive inspirational life No matter how dark things become, someone is always with you - and that someone is God. He helps by giving you peace and a positive mental attitude. Norman Vincent Peale christian dark attitude 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 strong mistake inspirational Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale change motivational inspirational 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 positive-thinking looks negative The best way to forget your own problems is to help someone else solve theirs. Norman Vincent Peale prayer helping way You have a choice everyday... You can choose every morning whether you will be depressed and miserable, or whether you will be happy. Norman Vincent Peale everyday choices morning Expect great things, and great things will come. Norman Vincent Peale great-things 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 victory powerful believe If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself. Norman Vincent Peale change inspirational life And if the mind thinks with a believing attitude one can do amazing things. Norman Vincent Peale attitude believe thinking 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 each-day way promise Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself ... nothing is impossible! Norman Vincent Peale encouragement eye inspirational To cure worry, spend fifteen minutes daily filling your mind full of God. Worry is just a very bad mental habit. You can change any habit with God's help. Norman Vincent Peale christian mind worry One of the most powerful concepts, one which is a sure cure for lack of confidence, is the thought that God is with you and helping you. This is one of the simplest teachings in religion, namely, that Almighty God will be your companion, will stand by you, help you, and see you through. No other idea is so powerful in developing self-confidence as this simple belief when practiced. To practice it simply affirm "God is with me; God is helping me; God is guiding me." Spend several minutes each day visualizing his presence. Then practice believing that affirmation. Norman Vincent Peale powerful teaching god 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 motivational inspirational life The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. Norman Vincent Peale positivity dance success 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. Norman Vincent Peale perseverance determination leadership God never made anyone else exactly like you, and he never will again. Thank him for yourself and then for all the rest of his glorious handiwork. Norman Vincent Peale like-you wisdom made Positive Thinkers get positive results because they appreciate the inestimable value of a day, this day, not the next day, but this day, and every day. Today offers at least sixteen waking hours that may be crammed FULL of opportunity, joy, excitement, and achievement. Norman Vincent Peale next-day appreciate opportunity
