Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.

Norman Vincent Peale

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 31, 1898 - December 24, 1993

Topics

SuccessFailureAttitudeThinkYou

I have watched as a people and as a country and a culture over the course of my teenage-into-adulthood life, and I do still think there is a tremendous amount of homophobia that exists.

Jillian Michaels

LifeCulturePeopleThinkCountry

I've gained a lot from James Joyce, Tolstoy, Chekhov and R. K. Narayan. While writing, I try to see if the story is going to radiate spokes. Their literature has always done that and gifted me beautiful things.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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To the victors belong the spoils.

Andrew Jackson

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The main thing is that the 'C' is silent, so it kind of starts with a 'Z.' Z-O-O-K-RIE. It's Ukrainian, on my dad's side.

Matt Czuchry

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The censorship is such on television in the U.S. that films like mine don't stand a chance.

John Pilger

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Trump could teach Republicans in Washington a lot if only they stopped posturing long enough to watch carefully.

Tucker Carlson

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Even with the approach that I take in Congress, which is to bring people together to get things done - many people describe that as 'reasonable' - I couldn't vote for John Boehner's re-elect.

Chris Gibson

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I go to the gym regularly, not just for the way I look but because it makes me less cranky, too.

Bonnie Langford

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It's not that I don't take TV seriously. I take it very seriously. But I've got my priorities straight. Call it my extra gift. Without it, I would be devastated every day in Hollywood.

Bonnie Hunt

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I think someone's conversation, whether in e-mail or in person, should be private.

Brad Pitt

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At some point, it comes to an end regardless, however it comes, whether it is retirement or injury; at some point, it comes to an end.

Allen Iverson

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Every book that is banned is a badge of honor.

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

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