To be successful is to be helpful, caring and constructive, to make everything and everyone you touch a little bit better.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALETrouble is here. It is for a purpose. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended – to help you grow. Thank God for your troubles.
More Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.
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Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. Difficulties must be studied and dealt with, but they must not be magnfied by fear.
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Make a mental list of happy thoughts and pass them through your mind several times every day.
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If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
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Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
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Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.
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Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you’ve got.
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The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.
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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.
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Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.
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Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.
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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 secret of the law of abundance is this: In order to receive and appreciate the good things of life, you must first give.
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Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.
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A basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.
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Have absolutely no sense of guilt about being happy and successful if you operate honestly and with a sense of social responsibility.
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Not every day can be an easy one, nor every day fully happy; but even a day of tough going and difficulty can be a good day.
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Frequently remind yourself that God is with you, that He will never fail you, that you can count upon him. Say these words, “God is with me, helping me.”
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Positive thinking is how you think about a problem. Enthusiasm is how you feel about a problem. The two together determine what you do about a problem.
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Help other people to cope with their problems, and your own will be easier to cope with.
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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
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Put your trust in God and just go calmly on your way.
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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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Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.
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You have a choice everyday, You can choose every morning whether you will be depressed and miserable, or whether you will be happy.
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