Norman Vincent Peale

Saturday, October 8, 2011

October 10

Perhaps we have wanted to reach some goal still unattained and to be something which we have not yet accomplished. Let's determine that before this year ends, goals will be reached and dreams come true. Then we will dream new dreams and set higher goals for the years yet to come.

October 9

The important fact isn't that we have problems. It is rather our attitude toward problems. There is a small sign in my office that states a big truth: "Attitudes are more important than facts." Of course you cannot ignore a fact, but the attitude of mind with which you approach that fact is all-important.

October 8

Heart is the essence of creative activity. Fire the heart with where you want to go and what you want to be. Get that goal so deeply fixed in your unconscious that you will not take no for an answer. Then your entire personality, your total mentality, will follow where your heart leads. You will go where you want to go, be what you want to be.

October 7

The secret of a successful life is to reduce the error and increase the truth. It is because of the error in us that we make so many mistakes, do so many stupid things, get ourselves into so much trouble, and have things turn out wrong so much of the time. The opposite of error is truth. Jesus Christ said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14:6). When we follow Him we follow the truth. The more truth, the fewer errors. It is just that simple.