The Power of Positive Living

275 Pages·1996·5.42 MB·English

by  Norman Vincent Peale

Because I'm so happy is one of the main reasons
I'm so concerned about people who are not. I'm
also bothered by the fact that unhappy folks are
not running on all cylinders; consequently they are
not utilizing all their creativity, and society suffers
for it. . . .
I believe when we discover something of great
value, it is our obligation and pleasure to share it
with others.
So in the pages that follow I shall simply describe
what I discovered that helped me, turned my life
around. And I am sure that the same wonderful
thing can happen to you. I believe it will turn your
life around also. If you find new meaning, enhanced
fullness of life, and deeper happiness as a result of
reading this book, my purpose in writing it shall
be fulfilled. I hope that you may get all this and
more out of it. With the power of positive living,
I wish you the best in life.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE
By Norman Vincent Peale
A GUIDE TO CONFIDENT LIVING
THE NEW ART OF LIVING
THE POSITIVE PRINCIPLE TODAY
SIN, SEX AND SELF-CONTROL
STAY ALIVE ALL YOUR LIFE
ENTHUSIASM MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
THE TOUGH-MINDED OPTIMIST
FAITH IS THE ANSWER (with Smiley Blanton)
POSITIVE IMAGING
INSPIRING MESSAGES FOR DAILY LIVING
THE AMAZING RESULTS OF POSITIVE
THINKING
TREASURY OF JOY AND ENTHUSIASM
THE TRUE JOY OF POSITIVE LIVING
HAVE A GREAT DAY
WHY SOME POSITIVE THINKERS GET
POWERFUL RESULTS
POWER OF THE PLUS FACTOR
THE POWER OF ETHICAL MANAGEMENT
(with Kenneth Blanchard)
THE POWER OF POSITIVE LIVING
THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING
YOU CAN IF YOU THINK YOU CAN
T: POWER
OF
POSITIVE
LIVING
Norman Vincent Peale
FAWCETT NEW YORK
A Fawcett Book
Published by The Random House Publishing Group
Copyright O 1990 by Norman Vincent Peale
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American
Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States of
America by The Random House Publishing Group, a division
of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in
Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
Fawcett and colophon are trademarks of Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 96-9672 1
ISBN: 0-449-91 166-7
This edition published by arrangement with Doubleday, a
division of Random House, Inc.
Manufactured in the United States of America
First Ballantine Books Mass Market Edition: September 1992
First Ballantine Books Trade Edition: August 1996
It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleeding (Bob Dylan) o 1965 Warner Bros., Inc. All
rights reserved. Used by permission.
Excerpts from personal letters reprinted with the kind permission of the indi-
vidual writers.
The author wishes to thank the following for permission to quote from previ-
ously published works:
Some of the material in this book has been adapted from Guideposts magazine
and is copyrighted by Guideposts Associates, Inc., Carmel, New York 10512
Excerpts from The Greatest Risk of All by Walter Anderson. Copyright o 1988
by Walter Anderson. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Miillin Co.
Excerpts from A Fortune to Share by Vashni Young. Copyright 1931. Reprinted
by permission of Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.
Excerpts from Peace, Love 6. Healing: Bodymind Communication and the Path
to Self-Healing: An Exploration by Bernard S . Siegel, M.D. Copyright o 1989
by Bernard S. Siegel, M.D. Reprinted by permission of Harper & Row, Pub-
lishers, Inc.
Excerpts from Head First: The Biology of Hope by Norman Cousins. Copyright
o 1989 by Norman Cousins. Reprinted by permission of Dutton, an imprint of
New American Library, a division of Penguin Books USA.
Excerpt from "Starting Over" by Dianne Hales, McCall's magazine, May 1988.
Reprinted by permission of the author.
Excerpt from "Career Charisma" by Phyllis Schr~eider.R eprinted with per-
mission of Working Woman magazine. Copyright o 1988 WWT Partnership.
Excerpts from article by Cynthia K. Chandler and Cheryl A. Kolander re-
printed with permission from Educational Digest Magazine, published by Zanny
Ltd., Unionville, Canada.
Excerpts from the article on Phyllis Diller by John McCollister reprinted with
permission from The Saturday Evening Post, copyright ID 1989.
Dedicated to
John M. and Elizabeth P. Allen
my son-in-law and daughter
in appreciation
for their help with this book
and love always
Contents
Preface
1 Positive Tbinking Still Works!
2 Be a Believer = Be an Achiever
3 Knock tbe T Off Can't
4 DO You Have W b a t It Takes T o Be Happy?
5 Things M a y Look Bad . . . But!
6 Get Out of Yourself!
7 Running on Empty
8 Turned O n to a Joy-packed Lifestyle
9 Let Go of Fear and Affirm Faitb
10 More About tbe Healing Power Wi th in the
Mind
1 1 Your Comeback Power
1 2 The Old , Ever New Secret of Success
i 3 Your Censor Knows-Trust It
1 4 Living IS BeIieving-Positively!
1 5 Get tbe Fire of Enthusiasm Burning
Epilogue
Index