Book Byte #222 "The Power of Positive Thinking" by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
📣 Curious Quotes from the Author
“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.”
“The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism”
“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.”
“Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.”
“Stand up to an obstacle. Just stand up to it, that's all, and don't give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break, and it won't be you, it will be the obstacle.”
“Let nothing trouble you let nothing worry you everything passes away expect God God alone is sufficient”
“Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.”
“The way to happiness: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. 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.”
“When you expect the best, you release a magnetic force in your mind which by a law of attraction tends to bring the best to you.”
“YOU DO NOT need to be a victim of worry. Reduced to its simplest form, what is worry? It is simply an unhealthy and destructive mental habit.”
“To become a happy person have a clean soul, eyes that see romance in the commonplace, a child’s heart, and spiritual simplicity.”
“Personally, I believe that prayer is a sending out of vibrations from one person to another and to God. All of the universe is in vibration. There are vibrations in the molecules of a table. The air is filled with vibrations. The reaction between human beings is also in vibration. When you send out a prayer for another person, you employ the force inherent in a spiritual universe. You transport from yourself to the other person a sense of love, helpfulness, support—a sympathetic, powerful understanding—and in this process you awaken vibrations in the universe through which”
“We are beginning to comprehend a basic truth hitherto neglected, that our physical condition is determined very largely by our emotional condition, and our emotional life is profoundly regulated by our thought life.”
“BELIEVE IN YOURSELF! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. But with sound self-confidence you can succeed. A sense of inferiority and inadequacy interferes with the attainment of your hopes, but self-confidence leads to self-realization and successful achievement.”
📚 Cognition of the Book’s Big Idea
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale's self-help book "The Power of Positive Thinking" espouses the belief that pleasure and success can only be attained by retaining a positive outlook. In order to overcome challenges and accomplish personal goals, the book places a strong emphasis on the use of visualization, positive affirmations, and self-belief. To assist readers in developing a positive and resilient outlook, Dr. Peale combines psychological strategies with spiritual activities like prayer and faith in a higher power.
In addition, Dr. Peale discusses typical problems like anxiety and dread, providing helpful techniques to control these feelings and swap them out for optimism and confidence. He promotes surrounding oneself with uplifting people and highlights the need of perseverance in getting over obstacles. In general, the book exhorts readers to use positive thinking to build a more prosperous and satisfying existence.
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