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Go to inspirational meetings, get to know men and women who are doing inspiring things. Above all, run as hard as you can from the cynics and gripers and the negativists. They are not going anywhere. You are.

Go to inspirational meetings, get to know men and women who are doing inspiring things. Above all, run as hard as you can from the cynics and gripers and the negativists. They are not going anywhere. You are.

Norman Vincent Peale
Running, Men, Get To Know Me
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2013). “You Can If You Think You Can”, p.72, Simon and Schuster

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

Norman Vincent Peale
Attitude, Real, Enthusiasm For Life

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun. Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Norman Vincent Peale
Libertarian, World, Unfinished

Life is a blend of laughter and tears, a combination of rain and sunshine.

Norman Vincent Peale
Life, Laughter, Kindness

Every night empty your mind of unhappy thoughts as you empty your pockets and come alive.

Norman Vincent Peale
Night, Worry, Mind
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (1993). “Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration for Each Day of the Year”, Touchstone

Stop resisting your problems so furiously in your mind. Stop struggling to solve them. If you do that, a great sense of peace followed by a great sense of power will come to you.

Norman Vincent Peale
Struggle, Mind, Problem

Dare to be what your best self knows you ought to be; dare to be a bigger human being than you have ever been.

Norman Vincent Peale
Self, Growth, Bigger
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2008). “Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration For Each Day of the Year”, Simon and Schuster

Nothing during the year is so impressively convincing as the vision Christmas brings of what this world would be if love became the daily practice of human beings.

Norman Vincent Peale
Love Is, Years, Practice

The one person who most blocks you from a full, happy, and successful life is you.

Norman Vincent Peale
Life, Block, Successful
Norman Vincent Peale (2015). “The Power of Positive Living”, p.69, Open Road Media

... not mere achievement, but rather the more difficult feat of handling your life efficiently. It means to be a success as a person; controlled, organized, not part of the world's problems, but part of its cure. ... of being creative individuals.

Norman Vincent Peale
Uplifting, Mean, Achievement
Norman Vincent Peale (1982). “The amazing results of positive thinking”, Fawcett

To go fast, row slowly.

Norman Vincent Peale
Motivational
Norman Vincent Peale “The Power of Positive Thinking”, Om Books International

Every day practice emptying your mind of all unhealthy attitudes.

Norman Vincent Peale
Attitude, Practice, Worry
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2013). “You Can If You Think You Can”, p.274, Simon and Schuster

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.

Norman Vincent Peale
Motivational, Opportunity, Ideas
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “Enthusiasm Makes the Difference”, p.64, Simon and Schuster

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.

Norman Vincent Peale
Giving, Joy, Eulogy
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2008). “Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration For Each Day of the Year”, Simon and Schuster

Expect the best, not the worst, and you will attain your heart's desire.

Norman Vincent Peale
Heart, Stay Positive, Desire
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

Americans used to roar like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security.

Norman Vincent Peale
Gun, Sheep, Liberty

Remember: what you think you will become - good or bad, weak or strong, defeated or victorious.

Norman Vincent Peale
Strong, Thinking, Remember
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2007). “The Tough-Minded Optimist”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

Life is not all fun and easy going. Far from it; there are many rough times. But, sadly, we too often let the hard times dull our enthusiasm. And that is dangerous, if not fatal, to our lives.

Norman Vincent Peale
Fun, Hard Times, Dull
Norman Vincent Peale (2015). “The Power of Positive Living”, p.163, Open Road Media

One of the few greatest satisfactions of this life is to handle problems efficiently and well.

Norman Vincent Peale
Inspirational Life, Satisfaction, Problem
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2007). “The Tough-Minded Optimist”, p.173, Simon and Schuster

The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.

Norman Vincent Peale
Motivational, Peace, Temptation
Norman Vincent Peale (2016). “Reaching Your Potential”, p.76, Jaico Publishing House

Almighty God freely bestows the good things in this world in proportion to a person's mental readiness to receive.

Norman Vincent Peale
Religion, World, Good Things
Norman Vincent Peale (2015). “Have a Great Day: Daily Affirmations for Positive Living”, p.22, Open Road Media

I sometimes think we ought to bring a bill before Congress changing our national symbol from the eagle to the buffalo, because we are more like the buffalo than the eagle. The eagle is a powerful bird. It flies alone. It rises up into the sky with authority. It is master of all it surveys. The eagle is an individualist and was selected from among the rest of the birds to be our symbol. But the buffalo was never alone. It always ran in a herd with other buffaloes. And, friends, I call your attention that the buffaloes are gone from the open range, but the eagles are still soaring.

Norman Vincent Peale
Powerful, Thinking, Eagles

Believe and create is a basic fact of successful living.

Norman Vincent Peale
Believe, Successful, Facts
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2007). “Stay Alive All Your Life”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

Good intentions are no substitute for obedience.

Norman Vincent Peale
Good Intentions, Intention, Obedience

A clean mind always delivers power.

Norman Vincent Peale
Inspirational, Change, Mind

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