Avoid arguments, but whenever a negative attitude is expressed, counter with a positive and optimistic opinion.
Norman Vincent PealeWhat is hope? Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true.
Norman Vincent PealeAnd now we get down to two magic words that tell us how to accomplish just about anything we want to accomplish, two powerful words that can change any situation, two dynamic words that all too few people use. And what are these two amazing words? Do it!
Norman Vincent PealeBy success, of course, I do not mean that you may become rich, famous, or powerful for that does not, of necessity, represent achievement. Indeed, not infrequently, such individuals represent pathetic failure as persons.
Norman Vincent Peale