Norman Vincent Peale

Who was Norman Vincent Peale?

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale was a minister and author and a progenitor of "positive thinking".

Famous Quotes:

• When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
• Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk to much.
• There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
• The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
• Change yourself and your work will seem different.
• The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.
• The how thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile ifs.
• Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
• 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.
• We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors.