Norman Vincent Peale

The greatest measure of a human being isn’t how he handles himself when things are going well, but how he handles himself when things are going badly, when defeat comes.

Norman Vincent Peale

The hammer shatters glass but forges steel.

Norman Vincent Peale

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

Norman Vincent Peale

The mind quickly responds to teaching and discipline. You can make the mind give you back anything you want.

Norman Vincent Peale

The mind, properly controlled, can do just about everything. You can think your way through adversity, you can think your way through problems. It is a superpowerful instrument which so few use to maximum. And if the mind thinks with a believing attitude one can do amazing things.

Norman Vincent Peale

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

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

Norman Vincent Peale

The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.

Norman Vincent Peale

The purpose of writing inspirational notes is simply to build others up because there are too many people in the demolition business.

Norman Vincent Peale

The right kind of fear will keep us from doing wrong. The rough is only mental – it is rough only because your think it is.

Norman Vincent Peale