norman vincent peale

“ In direct proportion to the intensity of the faith which you muster will you receive power to meet your situation. ”

“ Never participate in a worry conversation. ”

“ Christianity teaches that one basic trait will go far toward getting people to like you. That trait is a sincere and forthright interest in, and love for, people. ”

“ The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. ”

“ Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast. ”

“ Besides, I had always thought of God as a vast being, so much bigger than man that I was like an insect in His sight, and yet you were saying that I should take Him as a partner. ”

“ It is fear, resentment, the projection of parental faults upon people when they are children, inner conflicts and obsessions that throw off balance the finely tuned nature, thus causing undue expenditure of natural force. ”

“ Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised. ”

“ Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. ”

“ Although we are only the messengers, we know that God listens, hears and answers our prayers. ”