YOU CAN IF YOU THINK YOU CAN

This book is produced out of an enthusiastic belief in people and a desire to encourage them to take charge of their lives. If difficulties and problems are ganging up on you and your confidence is shaky, it is hoped that this book may make you realize that you can indeed handle whatever comes and handle it well.'

Norman Vincent Peale from his Letter to the reader.

About the Author

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (May 31, 1898 December 24, 1993) was a minister and author (most notably of The Power of Positive Thinking) and a progenitor of the theory of "positive thinking". Peale was born in Bowersville, Ohio, the oldest of three sons of Charles and Anna (née Delaney) Peale. He graduated from Bellefontaine High School, Bellefontaine, Ohio. He earned degrees at Ohio Wesleyan University (where he became a brother of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta) and Boston University School of Theology.

Raised as a Methodist and ordained as a Methodist minister in 1922, Peale changed his religiosiliation to the Reformed Church in America in 1932 aran a 52-year tenure as pastor of Marble Collegiate C a Manhattan. During that time the church's member from 600 to over 5000, and he became one of New York City's most famous preachers.