"When obstacles or difficulties arise, the positive thinker takes them as creative opportunities. He welcomes the challenge of a tough problem and looks for ways to turn it to advantage."

“Every individual forms his own estimate of himself and that basic estimate goes far toward determining what he becomes. You can do no more than you believe you can. You can be no more than you believe you are. Belief stimulates power within yourself. Have faith in faith. Don't be afraid to trust faith.”

“Faced with the election of a Catholic, our culture is at stake.”

“Optimism is a philosophy based on the belief that basically life is good, that, in the long run, the good in life overbalances the evil.”

“And now we get down to two magic words that tell us how to accomplish just about anything we want to accomplish, two powerful words that can change any situation, two dynamic words that all too few people use. And what are these two amazing words? Do it!”

“Norman Vincent Peale Biography plus listing of his books”

“So what are you afraid of? What is holding you back? What is it that stands in your way? Do it!”