Norman Vincent Peale quotes and words of wisdom

"Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don"t have any problems, you don"t get any seeds."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"There are two primary forces in this world, fear and faith. Fear can move you to destructiveness or sickness or failure. Only in rare instances will it motivate you to accomplishment. But faith is a greater force. Faith can drive itself into your consciousness and set you free from fear forever."
Found in the topic Faith.

"The secret of achievement is to hold a picture of a successful outcome in mind."
Found in the topic Achievement.

"Years wrinkle the skin, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."
Found in the topic Enthusiasm.

"The really happy people are those who have broken the chains of procrastination, those who find satisfaction in doing the job at hand. They"re full of eagerness, zest, productivity. You can be, too."
Found in the topic Happiness.

"The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism."
Found in the topic Crisis.

"Think positively about yourself, keep your thoughts and actions clean, ask God who made you to keep on remaking you."
Found in the topic Positive.

"Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure."
Found in the topic Attitude.

"Get the heat and emotion out worry, and put cold, ruthless scrutiny onto the problem, and worry loses its power. When we are worried and filled with apprehension, we become panicky and are likely to see only gloom and failure. There isn?t any situation so bad that it won?t become a lot better when you think rationally ? and spiritually ? about it. God gives you the ability to think rationally about things by filling you with peace and faith."
Found in the topic Worry.

"There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment."
Found in the topic Accomplishment.

"Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities ? always see them, for they"re always there."
Found in the topic Possibility.

Interesting Quotes

I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.Woody Allen - US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )

The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.Mark Russell - US comedian, political commentator, & satirist (1932 - )