John Hynes > John's Quotes

“The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.”
― Norman Vincent Peale, Power of Positive Thinking

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. Make all your friends feel there is something special in them. Look at the sunny side of everything. Think only the best, be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“What the mind can conceive and believe, and the heart desire, you can achieve.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“When you get up in the morning, you have two choices - either to be happy or to be unhappy. Just choose to be happy.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“The trouble with most of us is that we'd rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You'll find they haven't half the strength you think they have.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“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

“When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle,
you can do incredible things. ”
― Norman Vincent Peale, My Favorite Quotations

“Americans used to roar like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“Enthusiasm spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“I place this day, my life, my loved ones, my work in the Lord's hands. There is no harm in the Lord's hands, only good. Whatever happens, whatever results, if I am in the Lord's hands it is the Lord's will and it is good.”
― Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking

“Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“Deep within the individual is a vast reservoir of untapped power awaiting to be used. no person can have the use of all this potential until he learns to know his or her own self. the trouble with many people is that they got through life thinking and writing themselves off as ordinary commonplace persons. having no proper belief in themselves they live aimless and erratic lives largely because they never realize what their lives really can be or what they can become”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“A vital part of the happiness formula is self-discipline. Whoever conquers himself knows deep happiness that fills the heart with joy.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast." ~”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“Remember that "Help us grow this grass" is a far more effective sign than "Keep off the grass".”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism”
― Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking