Top 400 Norman Vincent Peale Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “It’s a strange principle but it’s true, nevertheless, that those who give the most have the most of whatever they give.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

302. “The creative thought principle is very important, for as Gautama Buddha declared, “The mind is everything; what you think you become.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

303. “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

304. “I believe this is going to be a wonderful day. I believe I can successfully handle all problems that will arise today. I feel good physically, mentally, emotionally. It is wonderful to be alive. I am grateful for all that I have had, for all that I now have, and for all that I shall have. Things aren’t going to fall apart. God is here and He is with me and He will see me through. I thank God for every good thing.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

305. “No matter what mistakes you have made – no matter how you’ve messed things up – you can still make a new beginning. The person who fully realises this suffers less from the shock and pain of failure and sooner gets off to a new beginning.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

306. “Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system, and profoundly affects the heart.” Robert Frost declared, “The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

307. “A major key to success in this life, to attaining that which you deeply desire, is to be completely released and throw all there is of yourself into your studies or any project in which you are engaged. In other words, whatever you are doing, give it all you’ve got.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

308. “I do not worry too much; if I do my best, I believe that what happens, happens for the best.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

309. “The secret is to fill your mind with thoughts of faith, confidence, and security. This will force out or expel all thoughts of doubt, all lack of confidence. To one man who for a long time had been haunted by insecurities and fears I suggested that he read through the Bible underlining in red pencil every statement it contains relative to courage and confidence. He also committed them to memory, in effect cramming his mind full of the healthiest, happiest, most powerful thoughts in the world.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

310. “Love Your Life And The LIfe Will Love You Back.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

311. “Never think of yourself as failing; never doubt the reality of the mental image. That is most dangerous, for the mind always tries to complete what it pictures.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

312. “So always picture “success” no matter how badly things seem to be going at the moment.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

313. “Every day flush lack thoughts out of your mind and refill with dynamic thoughts of abundance. Expect generous benefits in never failing supply.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

314. “YOU DO NOT need to be a victim of worry. Reduced to its simplest form, what is worry? It is simply an unhealthy and destructive mental habit.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

315. “One of the most powerful concepts, one which is a sure cure for lack of confidence, is the thought that God is actually 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.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

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

— Norman Vincent Peale

317. “Having asked God for forgiveness, accept release, then truly forgive yourself and turn your back definitely on the matter.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

318. “Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

319. “Whatever your problem, no matter how difficult, you can release spiritual power sufficient to solve your problem. The secret is – pray and believe.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

320. “Don’t take tomorrow to bed with you.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

321. “Norman Vincent Peale “A peaceful mind generates power.” from his book The Powers of Positive Thinking.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

322. “You only lose energy when life becomes dull in your mind. Your mind gets bored and therefore tired of doing nothing.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

323. “Enthusiasm spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

324. “Thinking about forgiving is not enough. You must come to a moment when you say, “With God’s help I now forgive.””

— Norman Vincent Peale

325. “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.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

326. “America has become so tense and nervous it has been years since I have seen anyone sleep in church – and that is a sad situation.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

327. “Families, like individuals, are unique.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

328. “First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

329. “Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

330. “Cherish your family connections. They are one of God’s greatest ways of demonstrating his love and fellowship.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

331. “Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

332. “Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

333. “The Plus Factor makes its appearance in a person’s life in proportion as that person is in harmony with God and His universal laws.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

334. “Have absolutely no sense of guilt about being happy and successful if you operate honestly and with a sense of social responsibility.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

335. “Realize that there are not hopeless situations; there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

336. “You are greater than anything that can happen to you. In a big and terrifying crisis, people find within themselves a power and a strength and also a wisdom they had no idea they possessed.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

337. “Put God to work for you and maximize your potential in our divinely ordered capitalist system.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

338. “Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

339. “Decide that you will not try to do everything at once. That is why time is spread out.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

340. “Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It’s no use. I can’t go on. If you do you’re licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

341. “The secret of life isn’t what happens to you but what you do with what happens to you.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

342. “Infantile people complain and say that God is cruel or that there is no God. Mature people, however, know that there is wisdom and sometimes an eternal kindness in God’s refusals.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

343. “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

344. “Keep your mental and spiritual contact points cleaned so that God can operate through your mind.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

345. “Cultivate will power, that massive creative force that God the creator built into you. Do not let it remain flabby but strengthen it by use and exercise.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

346. “I believe absolutely and certainly that, when you die, you will meet your loved ones and know them and be reunited with them, never to be separated again.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

347. “Trouble 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.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

348. “Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

349. “We build up the feeling of insecurity or security by how we think. If in our thoughts we constantly fix attention upon sinister expectations of dire events that might happen, the result will be constantly to feel insecure. And what is even more serious is the tendency to create, by the power of thought, the very condition we fear.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

350. “To become a happy person have a clean soul, eyes that see romance in the commonplace, a child’s heart, and spiritual simplicity.”

— Norman Vincent Peale