About Norman Vincent Peale

American minister and author of The Power of Positive Thinking. (1898-1993)

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More from Norman Vincent Peale

• Believe that problems do have answers. Believe that they can be overcome. Believe that they can be handled. And finally, believe that you can solve them.You Can If You Think You Can (1987)
• People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.Positive Thinking Every Day (1993)
• Happiness will never come if it's a goal in itself; happiness is a by-product of a commitment to worthy causes.The Power of Positive Living (1992)
• When obstacles or difficulties arise, the positive thinker takes them as creative opportunities.Have a Great Day (1986)
• Optimism is a philosophy based on the belief that basically life is good, that, in the long run, the good in life overbalances the evil.Have a Great Day (1986)
• Empty pockets never held anyone back... it's only empty heads and empty hearts that do it.Enthusiasm Makes the Difference

More quotes on happiness

• The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor even touched but just felt in the heart.Helen Keller
• A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.Helen Keller
• When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.Helen Keller
• If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.Dalai Lama
• This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.Dalai Lama
• Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself.Dalai Lama

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