Norman Vincent Peale - Positive Thinking Volume One: Have a Great Day, Positive Imaging, and The Positive Power of Jesus Christ

Positive Thinking Volume One

Have a Great Day, Positive Imaging, and The Positive Power of Jesus Christ

Norman Vincent Peale

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About the Author

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (18981993) was a Methodist minister, motivational speaker, and bestselling author renowned for promoting positive thinking as a means to happiness and success. He served as the pastor of the Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan for fifty-two years and delivered sermons nationwide on his radio and television program The Art of Living for several decades. In 1952, he published his most influential and popular book, The Power of Positive Thinking, which has been translated into dozens of languages and has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide. Peale espoused optimism and faith in numerous other books, including Why Some Positive Thinkers Get Positive Results, The Power of Positive Living, and The Positive Power of Jesus Christ.

Peale was the cofounder of the Horatio Alger Association, an organization committed to recognizing and fostering success in individuals who have overcome adversity. The association annually grants the memorial Norman Vincent Peale Award to a member who has made exceptional humanitarian contributions. With his wife, Ruth, the author also cofounded the Peale Center for Christian Living, as well as Guidepostsan organization that encourages positive thinking and spirituality through its non-denominational ministry services and publications with a circulation of more than 4.5 million. In 1984, Ronald Reagan awarded Peale with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States highest civilian honor, for his contributions to theology.

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Have a Great Day Copyright 1985 by Norman Vincent Peale

Positive Imaging Copyright 1982 by Norman Vincent Peale

The Positive Power of Jesus Christ Copyright 1980 by Norman Vincent Peale

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ISBN: 978-1-5040-5616-8

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Have a Great Day

Daily Affirmations for Positive Living

JANUARY

January 1

At the New Year, we usually resolve to quit something. There is a psychological law of quitting. Its this: The more you keep quitting, the easier quitting becomes. I know, for Ive spent a lot of time quitting fattening foods. But I finally discovered how to quit successfully. Quit for one meal, then two, then three. By now it begins to get tough. So, you get tougher, quit the next day and the next. After a while, pride enters the picture to help you. You begin to boast about all the things you havent eaten. Then you point with pride to your belt, for you have tightened it to the last notch. This is called positive quitting and can be applied to anything you want to change in your life.

January 2

Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We all are capable of greater things than we realize. How much one actually achieves depends largely on: 1. Desire. 2. Faith. 3. Persistent effort. 4. Ability. But if you are lacking in the first three factors, your ability will not balance out the lack. So concentrate on the first three and the results will amaze you.

January 3

The way to success: First have a clear goal, not a fuzzy one. Sharpen this goal until it becomes specific and clearly defined in your conscious mind. Hold it there until, by the process of spiritual and intellectual osmosis of which I wrote in my introduction to this book, it seeps into your unconscious. Then you will have it because it has you. Surround this goal constantly with positive thoughts and faith. Give it positive follow-through. That is the way success is achieved.

January 4

To affirm a great day is a pretty sure way to have one. When awakening, get out of bed and stretch to your full height, saying aloud, This is going to be a great day. What you say strongly is a kind of command, a positive, affirmative attitude that tends to draw good results to you.