Norman Vincent Peale's "Thought Conditioners" has inspired countless readers to begin each day with a positive message. Now, these unique motivational messages are combined into one volume for easy referral and access. Employers, students, parents, educators, professionals and friends can share an applicable thought with those in need of positive guidance and support. As you read each page, consider the fact that you are constructing a network of good thoughts between yourself and others. As these thoughts build on each other, they guide you toward success. Day by day you will find that acquiring and maintaining a positive mental attitude becomes a habit. A little does go a long way when you begin the daily exercise of reading and applying Peale's Thought Conditioners every day.
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993) was a minister and author (most notably of The Power of Positive Thinking) and a progenitor of the theory of "positive thinking".
Peale was born in Bowersville, Ohio. He graduated from Bellefontaine High School, Bellefontaine, Ohio. He has earned degrees at Ohio Wesleyan University (where he became a brother of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta) and Boston University School of Theology.
Raised as a Methodist and ordained as a Methodist minister in 1922, Peale changed his religious affiliation to the Reformed Church in America in 1932 and began a 52-year tenure as pastor of Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan. During that time the church's membership grew from 600 to over 5000, and he became one of New York City's most famous preachers.