Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.

Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.

Everyone is going to face challenges. What defines you is how you overcome those.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

I see the beauty in boxing. It teaches me strength physically, but mostly mentally. I had to learn my strength, because for so long I could have been tougher than I was.

My natural abilities weren't necessarily brute power and strength. They were more about the ability to endure and not give up.

You have to handle the challenges and emerge stronger from them, rather than allow them to bog you down.

People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them.

I think every player hits a little bit of doubt. But if you are strong, you are supposed to be strong mentally because that's our job and you know what you can do. So you are like, 'A'ight cool, I'ma be all right. I'm going to figure this out.'

I believe I am strong mentally. My breaking points might be bigger than most players. I think it's because of the way I grew up with my two older brothers. They pushed my limits quite often - once every day, I think! I think that played a big role in my breaking point being bigger than most players. Not all players.

Inner strength is very important.

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

Patience is the strength of the weak, impatience is the weakness of the strong.

We can all be weak, but we all have to make a conscious decision to be strong.

Confidence applied properly is the path of genius. You must always be in a state of confidence. And the way you sustain a state of confidence is by testing yourself. Difficult quagmires that may occur; there's always a test. You have to seek them out. You constantly have to test yourself to prepare for these quagmires. That's why I always put myself to the test.

If we don't be going strong, we're going weak, and we can't afford to go weak. We've got too many problems to do that.

One must need to be strong, otherwise one will never become strong.

Every single day is a battle to stay strong.

People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.

I used to ask for an easy life, now I ask to be strong.

If you use disappointments as sort of mid- semester exams, for learning, you will learn that every disappointment you overcome makes you stronger- and wiser. The greatest success stories have been lived by those who had to grow strong and wise in that very way.