It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
Norman Vincent PealeRead
The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Happiness comes from selflessness and a positive mindset, free from hate and worry.
In this quote, Norman Vincent Peale emphasizes that true happiness can be achieved by cultivating a positive outlook. He suggests that by letting go of negative emotions such as hate and worry, living a simple life, and prioritizing the needs of others, one can experience joy and fulfillment. The advice to practice these principles for a week highlights the transformative power of adopting a more generous and caring attitude, leading to surprising changes in one's emotional state.
Themes
HappinessSelflessnessPositivityGenerosityMindfulness
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech about personal growth and well-being.
More from Norman Vincent Peale
All quotes βThere is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
Norman Vincent PealeRead
If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
Norman Vincent PealeRead
I firmly believe that when you die you will enter immediately into another life. They who have gone before us are alive in one form of life and we in another.
Norman Vincent PealeRead
Never say anything to hurt anyone. Moreover . . . refrain from double talk, from shrewd and canny remarks that are designed to advance our interests at someone's disadvantage. We are to turn our back upon evil, and in every way possible, do good, help people and bring blessings into their lives.
Norman Vincent PealeRead
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast." ~
Norman Vincent PealeRead
Similar quotes
The major mark of justified believers is joy, especially joy in God himself. We should be the most positive people in the world. For the new community of Jesus Christ is characterized not by a self-centered triumphalism but by a God-centered worship.
John StottRead
If we opened our minds to enjoyment, we might find tranquil pleasures spread about us on every side. We might live with the angels that visit us on every sunbeam, and sit with the fairies who wait on every flower.
Samuel SmilesRead
Obviously, there were ways to have made a lot more money and to have had more leisure. But I wouldn't choose that. I feel rich in ways that are unique and that I would never trade for tens of millions of dollars in the bank.
Bryan StevensonRead
Happiness is... the grace of being permitted to unfold... all the spiritual powers planted within us.
Franz WerfelRead
Seek to share joy with others, or to make somebody else happy, and you will find your own soul radiant with the joy you wished for another.
David O. MckayRead
Sometimes I have loved the peacefulness of an ordinary Sunday. It is like standing in a newly planted garden after a warm rain. You can feel the silent and invisible life.
Marilynne RobinsonRead