Top 400 Norman Vincent Peale Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Every person, if he is to have mental health and live successfully, must move away from past failures and mistakes and go forward without letting them be a weight upon him. The art of forgetting is absolutely necessary.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

52. “Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

53. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

54. “Plan your work – work your plan. Lack of system produces that ‘I’m swamped’ feeling.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

55. “If you think in positive terms, you will achieve positive results.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

56. “Every day practice emptying your mind of all unhealthy attitudes.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

57. “To go fast, row slowly.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

58. “Make a mental list of happy thoughts and pass them through your mind several times every day.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

59. “A basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

60. “I believe in the power of Jesus Christ to resolve any difficulty, to remove any weakness, to heal any disease.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

61. “People who are really efficient seem to do things easily, with a minimum of effort. In doing so they release maximum power.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

62. “Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

63. “There is only one person with whom to compete and that is yourself. Keep aiming to surpass your own best performance and ever strive to reach higher levels.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

64. “We tend to get what we expect.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

65. “Think health, eat sparingly, exercise regularly, walk a lot, and think positively about yourself.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

66. “Believe in yourself, believe in your future.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

67. “Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

68. “Any action is better than no action at all.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

69. “Nothing is more confusing than people who give good advice but set a bad example.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

70. “Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

71. “Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

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

— Norman Vincent Peale

73. “Nothing of great value in this life comes easily. The things of highest value sometimes come hard. The gold that has the greatest value lies deepest in the earth, as do the diamonds.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

74. “If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

75. “Nothing of great value in this life comes easily.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

76. “It is a fact that you project what you are.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

77. “Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

78. “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

79. “How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

80. “Hold an image of the life you want, and that image will become fact.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

81. “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

82. “Old unhealthy thoughts can block off inspiration and motivation. Dropping them releases a strong flow of power through the mind.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

83. “I believe that I am always divinely guided. I believe that I will always take the right turn in the road. I believe that God will make a way where there is no way.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

84. “To change your circumstances, first start thinking differently. Do not passively accept unsatisfactory circumstances, but form a picture in your mind of circumstances as they should be. Believe and succeed.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

85. “Believe that problems do have answers, that they can be overcome, and that you can solve them.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

86. “You’ll always get an idea if you think and don’t panic.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

87. “Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

88. “The negative principle negates. The positive principle creates. The negative principle doubts. The positive principle believes. The negative principle accepts defeat. The positive principle goes for victory.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

89. “Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

90. “Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

91. “Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. Difficulties must be studied and dealt with, but they must not be magnfiied by fear.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

92. “Scatter good will and love and prayers all around, everywhere, and you will be astonished, not only by what it does for other people, but how it comes back to you in generous abundance.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

93. “Remember: what you think you will become – good or bad, weak or strong, defeated or victorious.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

94. “Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

95. “If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

96. “Put your trust in God and just go calmly on your way.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

97. “Think joy, talk joy, practice joy, share joy, saturate your mind with joy, and you will have the time of your life today and every day all your life.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

98. “Silence fertilizes the deep place where personality grows. A life with a peaceful center can weather all storms.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

99. “Fill the day with enthusiasm. Give the day all you’ve got and it will give you all it’s got, which will be plenty.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

100. “Check what you did right and don’t get lost in basking on your glory. It will make it easier to repeat whatever you did that created the success.”

— Norman Vincent Peale