Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.

The true self, once discovered, is the source of creativity, intelligence and personal growth. No external solution has such power.

Let us all be men and women in full. Let us expect from ourselves more than we think we can give, more than we think we can do and more than we think we already know.

It's one thing for other people to see potential in you, and it's quite another for you to understand that and see it in yourself.

People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.

I've always wanted people to know who they are from the inside. Then they can create the life they desire and deserve. I've always believed that my job was to facilitate the evolution of the human consciousness.

I think that we all have within us the potential for almost anything. If we play close attention to our lives, then we can get at it somehow.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.

Awareness is empowering.

In all my lectures, I have taught one doctrine, namely, the infinitude of the private man.

I understood that I am a lot bigger than what I do, that I have a bigger potential.

You are far, far greater than you know - and all is well.

The most enduring sort of power is realizing the power within.

All progress and power are already in every man; perfection is man's nature, only it is barred in and prevented from taking its proper course.

No one can tell you who you are and what you are made of, only you yourself know what you are made of, and only you yourself can do the work to become who you want to be.

It's not enough to have good thoughts for the world. You must get out there! It is also really important that each person realise their own worth. If you don't think you're good enough, how can you turn around and help save the world?

We [people] have a teacher! The teacher is ourselves! We already know everything we need to know - our challenge is to discover that we know it. Turning to gurus, I think, we become guru-dependent, no different from drug-dependent, alcohol-dependent - needing an outside force to control our lives.

This is the one great idea to understand that our power is already ours, our salvation is already within us.

I believe in the importance of seeking self-knowledge. The more I know myself, the more I feel empowered.

Man has infinite power within himself, and he can realise it - he can realise himself as the one infinite Self. It can be done; but you do not believe it. You pray to God and keep your powder dry all the time.

You are your own forerunner, and the towers you have builded are but the foundation of your giant-self. And that self too shall be a foundation.

Become aware that you already possess all the inner wisdom, strength, and creativity needed to make your dreams come true.

Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.

Have faith in yourself, all power is in you, be conscious and bring it out